Want to help develop a new social networking website?

[Blazingconnor]

Don't listen to people who say it'll come of nothing. Look at FB. He was pissing about, creating a crappy social site and now wheres he's got to.

Don't let people knock back hope, the most richest people are where they are today for starting at this point.

Thank you

[Recursion]

Seriously have fun with it, learn from it, just don't put money into it because its just not going to take off.

QFT.

Facebook got in just at the right moment, it was clean, simple and everyone was starting to post stuff online, the internet wasn't just for bloggers anymore. Over 900 million people have up to thousands of pictures on there, all their friends from school and work, a TON of posts over the years... unless you can provide an easy method for people to move everything over before even managing to entice them to your site... well, it's not gonna happen.

[GoldenMerc]

I still personally think there's an edge in the social networking market, thus why i am planning to put something into it. Not a facebook, not a bebo.
Here's a hint, you notice some people still use bebo, myspace and all the other 'retro' social media sites, what if they were all joined together

[redtom]

I'm sure this has been done before? Allowing users to connect the content from each website you yours and have it show in one stream yes?

[iDenning]

I currently have a very unique idea that could quite easily take off, however I don't have the resources nor funding that would be able to cope with the demand, therefore I will wait for someone else to clock on and do it themselves.. a shame really.

[peteyt]

I know this is a bit of topic but you know what I really find strange - people complaining about Facebook privacy but ignoring the fact that there are loads of networks where people can actually view who's viewed their profile (sometimes for pro members). I feel that's a big breach privacy wise

[GoldenMerc]

I'm sure this has been done before? Allowing users to connect the content from each website you yours and have it show in one stream yes?

Youmeo, was pretty bad attempt in my eyes. It was the one @Invent and @Awfy worked for. What i mean is so you can completely connect, via wall posts etc etc. One stream. Youmeo wasn't one i don't think

I currently have a very unique idea that could quite easily take off, however I don't have the resources nor funding that would be able to cope with the demand, therefore I will wait for someone else to clock on and do it themselves.. a shame really.

PM me if your serious about it and il head you in the correct direction.

[Richie]

Don't listen to people who say it'll come of nothing. Look at FB. He was pissing about, creating a crappy social site and now wheres he's got to.

Don't let people knock back hope, the most richest people are where they are today for starting at this point.

This post sums up the thread but I do agree don't put tons of money into it because at the end of the day you could piss it down the pan. Best of luck pal.

[redtom]

Youmeo, was pretty bad attempt in my eyes. It was the one @Invent and @Awfy worked for. What i mean is so you can completely connect, via wall posts etc etc. One stream. Youmeo wasn't one i don't think

I think that's the site I had in mind. I can't see how having a integrated stream would work. People get annoyed on Facebook when others have there twitter linked it it. A site with no specific meaning other then to view all content would make searching for the things you want to actually see near enough impossible or harder to do so using the 3rd party site making it pointless. If someone could make a hybrid or a way to work around this problem then they've got something half decent.

[Recursion]

I think that's the site I had in mind. I can't see how having a integrated stream would work. People get annoyed on Facebook when others have there twitter linked it it. A site with no specific meaning other then to view all content would make searching for the things you want to actually see near enough impossible or harder to do so using the 3rd party site making it pointless. If someone could make a hybrid or a way to work around this problem then they've got something half decent.

The problem is a lot of people use different social networks for different things. My audience on Facebook is a lot different to my audience on Twitter, I use both for different things... maybe it's just me but I don't particularly want them to cross paths.

As I said earlier though, today the internet is all about information. Everyone is setup on Facebook, they keep their service cutting edge and fresh (come on, people complain about the layout changes but they learn to love them) and everyone has ALL their data linked to/upload to it. The reluctance for people to move because of where their data is stored is the major problem because that reluctance mounts up when you have huge groups of friends that don't want to budge until the rest of their friends do in the first place... it's a vicious cycle in that respect.

Facebook is a very personal yet diverse and public medium, if you can think up a new social site by all means give it a go, but I reckon Facebook's here to stay. Your best bet would be to go after smaller sites like LinkedIn.