Ok, hoping the folks here are nicer than over at simplemachines lol. But anyways, building a social networking site based from smf, but will be themed accordingly and using simpleportal. Basically, I'm going to incorporate all the favorite features of the big sites like myspace, facebook etc. Before continuing I know 100 percent that it's been done before, etc etc. But anyways from there I want to add more features, along with improve those features. So I've got a bunch of things and ideas, and working with a team that has ideas and code.
Basically, not only will it be a social networking site, but a mash up of other genre's too, arcades, mmorpgs (original ones), apps, lyrics, customizing ringtones (sent to phone as an attachment to sms instead of a link to avoid data charges.). Basically if anyone has ideas such as what would make them completely satisfied with a site of this nature, please post. The virtual shop will host things such as new skins for playlists, (the playlists are auto generated from your uploaded music in albums, and you can choose between playlists, and also a new unique idea (gaining money from the website).
So say user a, goes crazy, whore's has thousands of friends, is posting in the forums, etc. uniquely visiting many pages and over the course of a month, his activity, has accrued say 100 dollars from google adsense, and now he wants to buy a stereo from user b, he'll be able to redeem 20 percent of what he's accrued for the site, and put that towards his item, pulled from my paypal account. Along with ability to buy credits, and earn credits for posting lyrics to the lyrics page's, and updating the wiki, and posting in the forums, and making 3rd party apps, etc.
These can be used to buy skins for music player, along with many other things. Also would love to make is the top in user customizability. css customization is implemented, but on the user's end would like them to be able to specify almost every aspect of the site, to get what they want from it, and not what they don't. So say your a business, and you want your employees, and resumes from the jobs part, and stuff like that, but you don't want thigns like "people you may know" being some 14 year old kid from the area lol. But at the same tmie you can enable these features at any time.
So please throw in ideas, and comments, I'd really like to make a site that everyone can use and love. To further explain the monetary gain for users, say you visit one of our advertisements and buy their product, and we make 50 percent from comission, for example you buy a 100 dollar item, we get 50 dollars, well 10 dollars of that will be credited back to you :]. In this way, the most active users, could make money. Also adding a pay per click feature and referral system eventually, and an advertisements page, where once you complete surveys offers etc. you'll get so many credits. So it'll be more than us making a site that is to just benefit from you, but us making a site that you can benefit from.
Please please please throw all ideas, etc., post things like what sites you use, why you use them, what you don't like about certain sites, etc. Any help in making this site is greatly appreciated, and all ideas will be contributed. On the site there will also be a request page, and tutorials on how to make 3rd party apps, which will then be reviewed, and approved :].