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Originally Posted by TheIronStar  Thanks, Michael. Basically that was what I was afraid of regarding joining something like MySpace or FaceBook. What are tiers? |
Something I made up.
I'd consider a high-tier social network to be one that your average college student or geek knows about. It's probably been in the news several times in the past year.
A mid-tier social network is one that enthusiasts of a particular niche flock to, but most people don't know about. These forums, for instance, are mid-tier, because there are a lot of people (8000, probably 1000-2000 active), but it's not so wildly popular that
everyone knows about it.
A low-tier social network, in my view, are those that are either niched around either a small group of friends (less than 100) or around a particular topic, but simply hasn't caught hold of more than 500 or 1000 people.
Basically, my point was that you don't want one that everyone knows about
: you want one that the
right people know about.