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 “social networks” from destination websites, [...]
Posted June 16, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: BuddyPress, evolution, social networking, social networks, WordPress MU. One Comment.
Andy Peatling, who developed a WordPress MU-based social network and then released the code as BuddyPress has just joined Automattic, where they seem to have big plans for it. I’d been predicting something like this since Automattic acquired Gravatar:
It’s clear that the future is social. Connections are key. WordPress MU is a platform which has [...]
Posted March 5, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: acquisition, automattic, BuddyPress, innovative uses of WordPress, open source, powered by WordPress, social networks, wordpress. 2 Comments.
