Popular, robust, private social networking solution?
February 1, 2017 7:09 AM Subscribe
Hi! I am interested in creating a private online social space for people who share the same niche interest. Where can this live with maximum connectivity, and minimal muss/fuss/need to create YET ANOTHER online identity?
For various reasons, members might or might not want this tied to their Facebook account. Otherwise that would be a decent tool. Things I'd like, in descending order of importance:
1. profile pages
2. good mobile integration
3. chat
4. a bulletin board
5. an event calendar
Profile pages are a must, otherwise I think that Kik or Reddit could be usable with a bulletin board and calendar (for Kik) or calendar and chat (for Reddit) being hosted elsewhere like Google Groups.
If there's a widely used platform that can be tweaked to link smoothly to other services, I'd love to know. I want to keep the barrier to entry as low as I can. Thanks!
For various reasons, members might or might not want this tied to their Facebook account. Otherwise that would be a decent tool. Things I'd like, in descending order of importance:
1. profile pages
2. good mobile integration
3. chat
4. a bulletin board
5. an event calendar
Profile pages are a must, otherwise I think that Kik or Reddit could be usable with a bulletin board and calendar (for Kik) or calendar and chat (for Reddit) being hosted elsewhere like Google Groups.
If there's a widely used platform that can be tweaked to link smoothly to other services, I'd love to know. I want to keep the barrier to entry as low as I can. Thanks!
MediWiki can do this, as can many/most other wikis. Wikipedia has a nice comparison of wiki software.
Many of the popular ones can be installed with a few clicks using popular hosting services.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:30 AM on February 1, 2017
Many of the popular ones can be installed with a few clicks using popular hosting services.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:30 AM on February 1, 2017
You could do this with Buddypress (an add-on to Wordpress), and use OAuth for sign-ins if you wanted to avoid creating yet another sign-in. You'd need to add a few additional plugins to get all the functionality you wanted, and it would require some ongoing administrative oversight.
posted by adamrice at 9:25 AM on February 1, 2017
posted by adamrice at 9:25 AM on February 1, 2017
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posted by dis_integration at 7:26 AM on February 1, 2017