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How to start a social network? - José Carlos - 02-17-2013 06:16 PM
I have this great idea about a social network with a specific theme. I am a web designer and developer and very well know how to do it. The only thing I don't know is how to have a good start. I mean, in something like a social network if a visitor arrives and finds it practically empty (with few users), he or she is gonna leave. Even if I invested in advertising, the users that click the ad are going to visit the site and leave as soon as they realize nobody else is using it.. So how do I start? Should I create some fake users and fake activity or something like that? How has everybody else done it?
- Steve - 02-17-2013 06:24 PM
Facebook started small and catered to Harvard exclusively before it got popular and became public. Perhaps you should try finding a target audience before opening up to the rest of the world?
Edit: It might also help to Wikipedia some of these social sites and look at their origins.
- Sajeer_kv - 02-17-2013 06:24 PM
Create a website & add what ever you want.