building a platform help
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- omg0
@ Raybandana
why don't you just install Wordpress?
- clearThoughts0
You either need some genius developer kid or somebody who's already developed and launched a few platforms.
And yes, you'll probably need loads of money because a person that can both understand development and create something like this is expensive.
- lambsy0
allright. since teh project is dead, what was his idea for the next Facebook? i bet it was an escort type site.
- sureshot0
You fellas are thinking way to fucking deep, maybe the dude was just gonna build an oil platform.
- Raybandana0
Okay thanks guys. Lots of good tips.
- mg330
This was a very interesting and thought provoking thread. Bravo to all.
- Al_dizzle0
Im working with a startup right now, also building a 'platform' that handles high traffic volume.
My developer uses ruby on rails as the web framework, and we also use bootstrap in for quick iteration.
- fadein110
lol
- monNom0
Every young developer you talk to "could build facebook". So you've got to sort out the wheat from the chaff. They're probably not lying, but it may take them a hundred years... and developers get bored.
To find the right person, network your ass off. Look for someone with a number of projects under their belt. Probably if they're good they'll be working on something already, so you may need a lot of seed capital and equity to convince them to come work on your project.
You also need to be at a high-level in your end of the business, or talented people will avoid you. If you're not some hot-shot MBA or have a history of starting and running businesses, you'll need to find that person as well. Which begs the question, why are you involved in the business? If you're not integral, you're going to get left behind.
- qTime0
Looking to pay budget small but when site takes off can give you % in stocks?
- fadein110
I shouldn't laugh - its good to think big. Just don't ask idiotic questions.
- sublocked0
:(
- sublocked0
Put simply...if you're asking this type of question you have _no idea_ of what you're getting yourself into, or what it takes to generate the interest something like Facebook has.
Lession 1: Worry about making something that simply works
Lesson 2: Get people to actually give a fuck about it
Lesson 3: Worry about scaling and performance then- Step 2 is the most difficult BTWsublocked
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- ETM0
One does not simply... oh never mind.
- SteveJobs0
"Well I have a clients that paying alot.."
What is a lot? Does he have financial backing? Is he technologically savvy, particularly in the web world?
I own a social platform that was built from scratch by a small team. It's not been put to use do to other impeding projects, but it's full-featured and includes full text indexing for searches, geo location data for proximity searching, facial recognition for uploading photo's along with the concept of photo albums. It also provides a lot of other recognizable social networking type features such as walls with posts, comments, messaging, likes, loggin in/register with facebook, events, friend requests, etc. There was even work begun on a mobile iteration as well.
The team was comprised of very seasoned engineers with extensive experience in social media, one having worked at MySpace during it's peak.
We could discuss selling this platform if your business partner/client is willing to make a reasonable investment. There was roughly 10 months of design and development work put into the project, not considering conceptual and planning work. If you're *really* serious about this let me know.
- ETM0
You mentioned earlier "glorified blog, with user login."
If that is the case maybe look at something like ExpressionEngine to get it started. Or even just to prototype and evaluate before dumping huge amounts of cash. Like vaxorcist said earlier, many times you start aiming for A then have to pivot to capture B.
http://ellislab.com/expressionen…
It has built in member management without plugins, it also has a 1st party forum/comments module. It started as a blog but has grown to something more substantial. So it has room to grow, but also has blog-like functionality retained as well.
Then if it grows, scale it to a new or custom platform when required.
But if you find a good ExpressionEngine dev, you can be online in pretty quick time.Features:
https://store.ellislab.com/#ee-c…Quality 3rd party add-on community as well:
http://devot-ee.com/
- lambsy0
first off, how much money is he budgeting for this project?
you said he's got plenty of money. are we talking like 5k or 500k?