Hi Guys,

Do you think anyone could design another social networking site and get as big as facebook.com?

I'm gonna go ahead and deem this thread doomed.

1st Facebook is garbage. 2nd (and i hope this does not happen) but yes someone can and probably will develop something bigger and "better"

This post has been edited by jjsaw5: 7 Oct, 2008 - 04:07 AM

Yes they could...sites like that are successful for a variety of reasons, including functionality, intuitive design, and appeal to the layman, but they also capitalize on being in the right place at the right time and marketing. Remember, there are about a billion sites out there exactly like facebook that no one ever uses, because facebook is the one that took off.

Of course, were you to design a similar site now, you'd be faced with the additional hurdle of trying to siphon an established user base away from facebook - hard to do.

One of the most important things to remember is that people want to use what everyone else is using in order to connect - that is one of the great drivers behind facebook.

If you were targeting a different user base it may be easier to build a following, ut actively taking users away from facebook will be difficult - many have tried (and still try today).

I love Facebook.

Facebook was great before they let the highschools in. Then it was a steady decline.

Facebook, myspace, etc... are bleh

I actually have a facebook since my friend bothered me last semester. I haven't actually looked at it since last spring. I don't see the point of it when I can just e-mail or IM my friends.

I use facebook all the time, I think it's great.

Someone would probably be better off finding something innovative to bring to market to get users rather than becoming a competitor in an already saturated market.

There are plenty of alternatives, and plenty of forebears - nothing is forever

orly

It's a lond shot that yours will get as big and networking websites are ussually a victim of there own success.