some more [link] notes on social networks
On the subject of social sites, my current aim is to develop a freely available core social network. To be able to do so, I did some online search. I begun with a search for a Bulletin Board System based on Rails. But I didn’t go into depth until now.
What I found somtime amidst it was a book on developing a social network using Rails. Unfortunately, only some teasers of that book are available online.
Aside of that Rails stuff, there are some news available on the subject of social networks:
- Nick O’Neill tells us about Word Press x Buddy Press: “BuddyPress will completely transform a vanilla installation of WordPress MU into a fully functional social network platform.”
- Google’s David Glazer serves some background insight into “Google’s” OpenSocial and where to go.
- Finally, at TechCrunch I found some figures on the user base sizes of Facebook, MySpace, Ning and others.
And a more or less personal note: My Rails box got broken lately, and until now I was unable to set up an alternative: There were some hassles doing so on a Debian Etch and, unfortunately too, the works-like-a-breeze tutorial of how to install Rails on a Debian Etch box did not work. (I might post a solution for this issue explicitly, soon.)
