Niche social networks welcome: Wikia open-sources social tools
Community wiki-building site Wikia, has announced that it’s allowing its social networking platform to become open source. This will allow anyone to easily create a social community complete with profiles, avatars, friending, etc… within their MediaWiki-based wiki sites.
For a good example of a social network built into a wiki-based site, check out ArmchairGM, the sports wiki database, which Wikia purchased in December of 2006 for more than $2 million (our coverage). This site prominently features… Continue Reading