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[–] elcob32 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I'm sorry to say it but I agree. Even Google failed at social networking, and they have nearly unlimited resources. The problem lies in the fact that nearly everyone already uses Facebook and no one wants to move to a network where none of their friends are. In other words Facebook has a nearly unbreakable monopoly simply because they already have the user base. Any successful model would have to target specific markets, and slowly expand from there, Facebook did this same thing when they took the market from Myspace. Remember when it was just a few colleges, then all colleges (.edu email address), then finally they expanded to allow all users.

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[–] MarianOnEarth ago 

I have to agree with this thread... Unless you're doing it as a practice project to expand your skill. If you are doing this as a practice project the first thing you need to do is scale down. You should have a very very very small list of core features that you want to get up and running. After you've finished, had a beer, saw the latest super hero movie, written an angry review, let some time pass, and decided that it was actually a good movie; then you can start integrating new features. Here's a RoR mini-tutorial of how to make a FB clone I hope you have FUN making this, and learn something along the way.