Google Latitude API
There is not currently an API offered by Google Latitude. Does anyone know of plans for being offered in the future? If it does, what social networking applications for this technology can you think of? ...
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Social networks in an Delphi win32 application
I want to create some kind “social” connection/interaction in an application that I am creating. The application is for a restrict group of professionals, that would benefits for social connection/interaction with each other. So now I don’t know what to do. Do something new, integrate with an existing one ? I am open for ideas. ----...
How to prevent a user from registering multiple accounts to vote themselves up
This question isn't about preventing a single user from registering multiple accounts. It is assuming that registering multiple accounts cannot be prevented, but what we want to avoid/detect is when the user is using the accounts to vote for himself. This would apply to sites like SO or digg, where a user creates a 2nd account solely fo...
How do I write Facebook apps using Django?
Am in the process of developing some app for Facebook using Django! I've started first by building the app in Django and its shaping up pretty well, now am wondering how can I make it a Facebook app. I would really appreciate real world example for Facebook apps made with Django. ...
is there a summary of technical limitations on apps written for social networking sites somewhere?
I'm working on a widget targeted for Facebook, MySpace, and perhaps others, probably in flash. Has anyone seen a summary of technical limitations on the different sites? I'm being told that FB doesn't allow emebedded swfs to link out to external sites, and that MS doesn't allow JS. It's sounding a bit vague and sketchy, though. I can o...
Best structure for centralized User DB over multiple membership-driven sites?
We've built a social networking site for a client. It did very well and now they want to package it up and license multiple copies of the same site but branded for their client. Each site is fairly autonomous except that users on one site can access the content from users on another site, requiring that user profiles be centralized. W...
Any Ideas for free API to post very small sound snippets to Web?
Twitter provides a free API to post small text messages to the Web. TwitPic provides a free API to post small pictures to the Web. Is there anything for sounds, these sounds would be small less than 12 seconds, and could be saved to needed format. It would be great if the API would work well with Twitter, but not required. If there is...
Open Source Facebook-like CMS social network?
HI ... I would like to know if there is a Open Source approach of Facebook out there ? ...
searching social networking
How can I organize a search in a social network web application? Searching is done by full name. I want to use stored procedures. Is it the best sollution? What algorithm can be used? While registering, the user specifies his/her full name for ex: Alice Johnson Martin. I want to search for a user using his/her fullname. In case someone ...
Duplicate Functionality Amongst Multiple Projects
I'm currently working on two social networking sites that have a lot in common, yet are distinctively different. I find myself writing a lot of the same code for both (including UI), and was wondering if there is a best practice that will limit duplicating code. One of the main problems is that these projects are very independent of ea...
Is the stackoverflow community a scale-free or a small world network?
I am a graph/network enthusiast and this just for my curiosity :) I am trying to model the StackOverflow community as a graph/network. Assume that the people in the SO community are nodes and that the answers given to any of the question establishes a relationship between these nodes. The relationship can be assumed to be directed(li...
When creating a social voting system, should you keep track of downvotes and upvotes separately in the DB?
With things like SO, Digg, Reddit, etc... Should one keep track of downvotes in the database independent of upvotes? Or should they simply have a "votes" field that is decremented/incremented based off what the user does with no persisting of that? How should votes be handled? ...
Is Joomla good for social networking site? Un-biased pros and cons on Joomla
We have used Joomla as an out-of-box CMS for our company website. Now we got a requirement from customer to create a travel recommendation website. Customer never used Joomla for programming. He has used Joomla as a out-of-box component. They need to create destination and write on on destination with comments, rating etc by the oth...
How can social networking sites make you a better developer?
I am giving a keynote at Devscovery tomorrow at 9am. The title is "Social Networking for Developers." It's 90 minutes long and I don't want to waste anyone's time. Everyone I talk to who uses Twitter, Blogs, StackOverflow, etc, says that these sites make them "better developers." However, few are able to qualify HOW and fewer are able ...
how do social networking websites compute friends updates?
social networking website probably maintain tables for users, friends and events. how do they use these table to compute friends events in an efficient and scalable manner? ...
Is LinkedIn Useful to Programmers Looking for Work?
How should i create my profile on linkedin? I am in need of a job, have no post secondary education and never worked as a professional programmer before. Although I have been programming outside of school for 5 years. ...
What should I know in order to build my social dating network site?
I have been planning my new social dating network for a year, and I must say that look and preferences will be the bright side of my social network. So, my problem is that I know only HTML and CSS, but that isn't enough to make the site that I always planned. Can you tell me which option would be better: Pay the programmers to do thei...
Resources for designing a social network?
I'm working on designing an online art community that's not all that dissimilar from deviantART or other art communities. I'm looking for resources (books, websites, blogs) that would guide me in some of the technical, social, and legal issues I'll need to address in designing the site. I've started with Here Comes Everybody by Clay ...
Does anybody know of a released API for Microsoft Vine?
I have an idea for the newly announced Microsoft Vine, and I was wondering if there is a public API available. I have had no luck in searching, just a bunch of news articles. ...
Is it Drupal good for building Social Networking site?
I am building a niche community site, the initial choice of software is Drupal. is it good for social networking application? ...