Six Apart today announced an update to Movable Type and the launch of Movable Type Pro, a new version that’s designed to let you build your own social networking sites.
Or as Six Apart puts it, “think Digg in a box”.
What’s New in Movable Type 4.2
Movable Type Pro lets you turn any site into a full [...]
Matt Mullenweg, the guy behind Wordpress, announced today that he’s hired someone to develop social networking features for Wordpress:
Some of you may remember when I wrote about Chickspeak, a WordPress MU-based social network. Andy Peatling, the fellow behind it, later decided to recreate the work he had done as an Open Source effort he called [...]
Anne Zelenka at GigaOm has an interesting take on the idea of using WordPress as a social networking platform, looking at DiSo, Chris Messina’s project to build a social networking platform based on WordPress:
“In contrast to social networking, blogging offers a person-centric way for individuals to come online. A social network like Facebook gives you [...]