[jacktheking]

I'm looking to start a social network for.. Not gonna reveal. Anyway, I have done some research on social network software. I have a few in my mind (one of the is Oxwell) and would like to heard feedback from our ForumCoiner. I'm looking for free software written in PHP so I could extend it.

[Sam]

I'm looking to start a social network for.. Not gonna reveal. Anyway, I have done some research on social network software. I have a few in my mind (one of the is Oxwell) and would like to heard feedback from our ForumCoiner. I'm looking for free software written in PHP so I could extend it.

There is also Elgg and a few others (like BuddyPress, which is a Wordpress plugin). I tried Oxwall, BuddyPress & Elgg a few years ago and found their privacy features to be lacking, which was concerning. Whatever software you pick, privacy should be a priority.

[jacktheking]

I'm looking to start a social network for.. Not gonna reveal. Anyway, I have done some research on social network software. I have a few in my mind (one of the is Oxwell) and would like to heard feedback from our ForumCoiner. I'm looking for free software written in PHP so I could extend it.

There is also Elgg and a few others (like BuddyPress, which is a Wordpress plugin). I tried Oxwall, BuddyPress & Elgg a few years ago and found their privacy features to be lacking, which was concerning. Whatever software you pick, privacy should be a priority.

Hmm.. can you explain more on privacy? Do you mean, those software track all the social network using their software? Or the admin (of the social network) can track his/her members?

What do you think about a self-coded social network than? Having privacy like ello.co have?

[yashrajkarthikey2]

I like Elgg much better to create a social network, its free, allows you to add good privacy policy to your site and also helps in functioning properly.

[Sam]

Hmm.. can you explain more on privacy? Do you mean, those software track all the social network using their software? Or the admin (of the social network) can track his/her members?

What do you think about a self-coded social network than? Having privacy like ello.co have?

The settings - at the time- didn't allow for you to choose who your posts were seen by (friends, friends of friends, public, members only). I think for BuddyPress, again at the time, if you were a member you could see every other members posts.

The issue with self-coded is security... If you feel your programming skill is solid enough to prevent things like SQL injections and other hacks, then a self-coded social network would indeed be the best option.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

I agree to sam...BuddyPress is also a good option but Oxwel is also a good one, I feel you can try them and may be one can help you..

[jacktheking]

I like Elgg much better to create a social network, its free, allows you to add good privacy policy to your site and also helps in functioning properly.

I agree to sam...BuddyPress is also a good option but Oxwel is also a good one, I feel you can try them and may be one can help you..

Hmm.. I will be checking Elgg and BuddyPress soon. Just downloaded Oxwell, trying to understand the code.

Hmm.. can you explain more on privacy? Do you mean, those software track all the social network using their software? Or the admin (of the social network) can track his/her members?

What do you think about a self-coded social network than? Having privacy like ello.co have?

The settings - at the time- didn't allow for you to choose who your posts were seen by (friends, friends of friends, public, members only). I think for BuddyPress, again at the time, if you were a member you could see every other members posts.

The issue with self-coded is security... If you feel your programming skill is solid enough to prevent things like SQL injections and other hacks, then a self-coded social network would indeed be the best option.

Hmm.. I think I will go for self-coded since I will know what I'm doing. Also, my style of PHP is very different from others. Hmm.. I will be using PDO to prepare SQL Query so there will be no SQL injections. Specking on SQL Injection, if Oxwell (or other softwares) have vulnerability, my site could be attacked easily.. Thanks for the suggestion, Sam!

[Jybraek]

Goodluck to you mate on your social network idea. Hope it pans out for you and just make sure that all the issues related to a social networking site like privacy, risk of getting hack are resolved before you launch.

[jacktheking]

Goodluck to you mate on your social network idea. Hope it pans out for you and just make sure that all the issues related to a social networking site like privacy, risk of getting hack are resolved before you launch.

Hmm.. I will always test for SQL Injection! No worry.

[yashrajkarthikey2]

I think, you must try to build a software for social networking yourself..