What is a social network? It is something that gathers messages from a network and presents them as a feed—is that a good definition? It also needs to let the users generate the messages.
What would be the messages? Links with tags, comments, photos, video, …
In a way a social network is a generalization of:
the traditional web log (now blog) where you post the links and comments (here it would be a ‘presence’ I guess)
with some additional features it can also be a discussion forum
What would be the primary usage mode for you? Personally I am thinking about moving my blog out from Medium. I think it is also a good start—because saving interesting links and commenting is something to do frequently—so you quickly get content and you can test ideas.
Personally I don’t get twitter—it is too random for me.
But a better discussion forum would also be interesting.
It is crucial to start with something that is useful even without a big network—otherwise it would require lots of funds to reach the critical mass.
Some more random thoughts.
What is a social network? It is something that gathers messages from a network and presents them as a feed—is that a good definition? It also needs to let the users generate the messages.
What would be the messages? Links with tags, comments, photos, video, …
In a way a social network is a generalization of:
the traditional web log (now blog) where you post the links and comments (here it would be a ‘presence’ I guess)
social bookmarking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking) - where you tag links (here the question would be how public that would be—could someone from outside browse the web of trust?)
with some additional features it can also be a discussion forum
What would be the primary usage mode for you? Personally I am thinking about moving my blog out from Medium. I think it is also a good start—because saving interesting links and commenting is something to do frequently—so you quickly get content and you can test ideas.
Personally I don’t get twitter—it is too random for me.
But a better discussion forum would also be interesting.
It is crucial to start with something that is useful even without a big network—otherwise it would require lots of funds to reach the critical mass.
Some more random inspirations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything2
wikis
https://slashdot.org/