I'm not sure if this is still the correct place to post suggestions, but here goes.
In 2007/2008 vbulletin proudly announced Social networking features. Then released profile commenting, styling and social groups. Then told us that this was only version 1 and more would be coming...
Now 3 years later not much has happened.
It would be nice if vbulletin would offer official addons and/or new suite functions that allow us to use vb as a full Social Networking platform.
Looking at the feature list of social networking applications like Social Engine (+plugins), PHPFOX, ELGG, we see:
Activity streams.
Invitations (member X would like to be your friend/share photos on domain.com. Click here to accept)
Profile privacy settings
Status updates
Advanced memberlists, friends network browsing, interests, categories, interests search, listing top members, members of interests, etc.
Connect profiles of members with the same interests
Suggest friends
Instant Messenger / Facebook IM bar
Shoutbox
Chat rooms
IM gateway
Advanced Events, RSVP, event categories, group events, images, discussions, etc
Image gallery with tagging, rating, sharing, privacy
Advanced Social groups. Like suggested here and here.
Newsletters
Reply by email.
Social sharing on twitter, etc.
Favourites lists for Photos, Music Songs, Music Albums, User Profiles, Blogs, Videos, posts
Music directory, ratings, sharing, events, playlists, mobile support,
Video directory, sharing, events, privacy options.
Drag & drop site customisation to user preference.
Mini sites. (personal sites where members can use tools to create their own mini site. i.e. jasperaguila.vbulletin.com) This function seems a 2010 internet trend BTW.
While the last few features are not essential to a Social networking site, the others are.
I know activity streams and an image gallery is already on the road map. Would be nice to see more of the above coming.
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09-08-2010, 03:00 PM
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