social networking software

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Permalink Reply by Kristen Horton on June 26, 2009 at 11:58am

Brigid, You should contact Kyle Lacy for info.

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Permalink Reply by Jon D. Speer on July 4, 2009 at 9:20pm

Have you looked into Ning.com? This is the platform used by SI.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Marsh on July 9, 2009 at 10:39am

Ning really is a good choice for making your own community--the price is right and it does a lot out of the box.

If you need more customization or need to host on a platform you control for legal reasons, then you should check out this great article. It is a summary of a bunch of free and open source applications you can use to build a social-network.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Seidle on July 10, 2009 at 11:24pm

Ning is good.
Groupsites.com are fine, too.
If you want to host yourself, elgg is pretty neat.
If you want to build, there are one or two very good Drupal shops in town.
Lacon.ia is "twitter in a box" if that is what you need...
There are nice tools to ad social features to nearly any traditional website... depending on what you want to do.

Of course, you should discount my answer as I have no idea what you really are wanting to do.

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Permalink Reply by Lorraine Ball on July 11, 2009 at 9:55am

With all the recommendations of NING. I wonder is there anything else out there which does this as well?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Seidle on July 11, 2009 at 3:46pm

Lorraine - Ning is good at doing a make your own Bebo/Myspace style social network. There are other tools that can do this, but none are as cheap/easy/fast to get started with. If you look at each category of social media, you'll find that there are many install your own packages that work well.

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Permalink Reply by Nicki Laycoax on July 11, 2009 at 1:40pm

Check out ZooLoo. For $29.99/yr, you can even have your own domain name vs yoursite.ning.com.

Let me know how it goes if you try it!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Seidle on July 11, 2009 at 3:47pm

Did you just recommend using the restroom at the zoo for social media? Someone needs to rebrand.

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Permalink Reply by Nicki Laycoax on July 11, 2009 at 4:24pm

I don't get it... Is another name for a restroom "loo"?

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Permalink Reply by Jon D. Speer on July 11, 2009 at 11:19pm

Yes, in England.

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Permalink Reply by Lou Begnel on July 11, 2009 at 11:40pm

Makes me glad I live over here instead of there ... wouldn't want anyone to get confused.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Muffley on July 15, 2009 at 7:21pm

No, that would be ZooLeu :-)

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