Could BuddyPress Go The Distance?
Facebook and MySpace are trying to turn themselves into application platforms (how else will they monetize their audience?). Google is pushing OpenSocial to compete with it. But no matter what features they offer their users, they user still orbits the site.
Scot Hacker talks of BuddyPress changing the game, turning âsocial networksâ from destination websites, to features you’ll find on every website. And the âsocial networkâ is the internet, with all those sites sharing information meaningfully.
Some might say this is little more than overgrown XFN, but Tris Hussey thinks Ning is on the ropes and Facebook should be worried.
At least the design shows all the right stuff.
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[...] news about BuddyPress has fully shifted my attention from single-blog WordPress installs to multi-user, [...]
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