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by cstejerean
6821 days ago
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I would stay away from a couple of things. One is the "social network" label. Personally I think it's overused and it's meaning is starting to expand (I think a 1990 BBS would qualify as a social network today). You might have a hard time with niche social networks. The primary reason being that the bigger players are building tools to allow folks to roll their own networks. So the chances are users won't want to get an account for every single niche network and prefer to stick to something from within the larger networks they belong to. Depending on the exact niche market and just how special your site has to be for that niche market compared to the generic sites you might still have a good shot at building something useful. I would prefer some label like "community" over "social network" though. I think del.icio.us, flickr, last.fm are great examples of community driven sites that serve a niche market. Things like "social network for wine lovers" I think are likely to fail. |
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Actually, Cork'd was acquired back in May! http://hivelogic.com/narrative/articles/corkd-acquired