Comments on: The 5 Best Open-Source Social Networking Software

By: Sherry

Sherry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:37:06 +0000

Have you picked one? I’m just starting my search and your problem sounds like mine.

By: Timothy Fisher

Timothy Fisher — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:20 +0000

Readers may also want to check out a brand-new Ruby/Rails based Social Networking platform called EngineY. You can find this at http://www.enginey.com. Features include user profiles, groups, blogs, activity streams, photos, events, private messaging, friending, integration with Twitter, and more..

By: V N

V N — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:57:20 +0000

Hello,

I am f=Founder & CEO of an early stage start up firm. We’re aiming at developing our own social networking site for a user base of around 4 million users. What technology environment / open source suite would you suggest for above described network?

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:39 +0000

Does anyone know about http://www.socialengine.net? They have a good marketing “talk” on the site but no address or phone number.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:49:16 +0000

Award or no award …
PLEASE tell me why one would choose ELGG at all?

As far as I can remember – McDonald’s got many awards, too, yet everybody knows how worthless their food is! So please, don’t impress with awards. An award is doing nothing except misleading ignorant audience!

By: jon

jon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:09:39 +0000

I will check a few of these out, I did try phpizabi but I found this a little buggy.

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By: statistics help

statistics help — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:47:48 +0000

Very very good list of social networking sites. Probably the best so far i have seen on the internet.
Thank you so much

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By: NIFT

NIFT — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:25:35 +0000

Thanks for the list, You can also add http://Ioch.org (Valid PR 4) social networking site that share & deliver News & enable user to publish & share their articles with other users.

By: Wallpaper

Wallpaper — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:14:44 +0000

This is a great list, some of them I never heard of, live Loved By Less.

But they all require so much tweaking to get a site up, and still missing features like Group pictures. Some don’t even seem to have groups at all.

Even the paid scripts at $300 each don’t seem to have very good functionality. It’s so hard to find something good.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:18:20 +0000

Is there anyone who is currently running a social networking site using any of the software listed? Which is the easiest to use? If you are using one of the above, what are the pros and cons of it? Would you recommend the one you are using, or would you recommend a differnt one? Thanks.

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:35:19 +0000

So, would this be good for building traffic for my own seo or for companies that I’m working with. It’s not like we can even dent the large social networking groups, right?

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By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:32:57 +0000

Do any of these offer a calendar function with the ability for members to rsvp for events? I’m looking to create a site that works similarly to meetup.com but that has only one main group and an administrator blog. Any suggestions?

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By: Balaram

Balaram — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:04 +0000

How about http://www.socialsitegenerator.com I am looking forward to use it to start social site. How will it can you advise.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:59:45 +0000

Hi Guys,

I need some help, I am currently developing a social site:network for a very niche but very large global community and it will be a real money spinner as there is nothing really serving this community at the moment, similar to a linked in but with unique features, plus banner advertising jobs etc and i need some help, if there are any developers who want to get involved please get in touch and in return you can share the wealth with me

By: cels

cels — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:44:51 +0000

Hi there,

I am looking into doing a project that involves the use of friends networking technology, but not a social networking site as such. I just need something that can tell me if John does something, it updates John’s friends (possibly via email).

What would be the best option to achieve this?

Thanks!

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By: Tyson

Tyson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:35:06 +0000

Thanks for your post. I am still tied up between Elgg and Buddypress and keep going back and forth. I know buddypress wasn’t mentione in your post, but I’m curious what your thoughts are between the latest release of Elgg 1.5 and Buddypress 1.0.2.

Thanks!

By: Jucktion

Jucktion — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:30:51 +0000

I dont like dolphins design although they have great features. I am currently using phpizabi for my site and it worked great.
Although i think the paid ones will do the best job.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:35:05 +0000

Google Friend Connect is not really a software that you can use to build a website.

By: SE Partner

SE Partner — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:00 +0000

How about Google Friend Connect?

By: Doppresent

Doppresent — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:16 +0000

Cool list, thanks!

By: UstillUp

UstillUp — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:55:38 +0000

What about Social Engine. I think Social Engine is way better than the five you have just suggested. It also comes with tons of extra addon plugins. I checked out all the demos from the sites you suggested, and I honestly wasn’t impressed with any of them. They really don’t have that many features. People will get very bored with social networking unless you give them lots of extra features like: Instant Messaging, Chat, Webcam Chat, Interactive Games, etc.

By: George Wallace

George Wallace — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:11 +0000

Hi Damien,

Thanks for an interesting and helpful review. I’m surprised that I have not seen them all.

The social networking software mentioned here targets different audiences. For example, ELGG is more for education use. I’m not sure how you can rank them together.

For business, I would say Miniweb 2.0 is the best because of its design and availability of 20 modules.

For MySpace type of usage, DZOIC is probably the one to use.

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