I plan to sneak in some Python/Django to my workdays and a possible social network site project seems like a good possibility.
Django itself seems excellent, but I am skeptical about the quality of large amount of Django apps that seem to be available.
I would like to hear what kind of experiences you may have had with Django in creating social network type sites. Any experiences in using any of the Django powered social network "frameworks" would also be welcome.
If you're interested in creating a social-network site in Django, you should definitely investigate Pinax. This is a project that integrates a number of apps that are useful for creating this sort of site - friends, messaging, invitations, registration, etc. They're mostly very high quality.
Are you saying that a random survey of some posted Django apps (not Django itself) reveals that some people post code that doesn't meet your standards of quality?
Isn't that universally true of all code posted everywhere on the internet?
A random survey of any code in any language for any framework will turn up quality issues.
What's your real question? Do you think this phenomena will somehow rub off on you and taint your code with their lack of quality?