Oh, look, a new social networking platform that isn't facebook! I'd like any social networking platform that isn't facebook, but preferably a non-centralised one, to gain traction.
So far none seem to have managed the (to me obvious) idea that dreamwidth embraced, that the only way of gaining traction over a market leader with a significant network effect is to make it easy to inter-operate with them. (ie. You will not be the new facebook. Make cross-posting easy, and you may be A new facebook.)
Zurker (claims to) have the cool but somewhat surprising idea of being a co-op, ie. people are assigned virtual shares (later to theoretically be converted into actual shares in the company) if they refer people. I'm not sure if it'll actually go anywhere, but go ahead, sign up for as many non-facebook social networking platforms as possible and hope one reaches critical mass...
Link: http://www.zurker.co.uk/i-221963-lwrkovbvqn
So far none seem to have managed the (to me obvious) idea that dreamwidth embraced, that the only way of gaining traction over a market leader with a significant network effect is to make it easy to inter-operate with them. (ie. You will not be the new facebook. Make cross-posting easy, and you may be A new facebook.)
Zurker (claims to) have the cool but somewhat surprising idea of being a co-op, ie. people are assigned virtual shares (later to theoretically be converted into actual shares in the company) if they refer people. I'm not sure if it'll actually go anywhere, but go ahead, sign up for as many non-facebook social networking platforms as possible and hope one reaches critical mass...
Link: http://www.zurker.co.uk/i-221963-lwrkovbvqn