Insoshi going public - First impressions
I must say I’m very impressed with the look and feel of Insoshi. After strugling to get it up and running on my Mac (a path error resulted in MacPort not installing, thus FreeImage install having problems), I started to play around with the default users and Lorem postings. As with all new systems you spend some time wondering whether things are bugs or features. These are some of my initial questions:
1 Too open information when not logged in
Being used to Facebooks closed environment you soon wonder whether it is intentional to show all people and blog/forum posts to non-members. At least that could be controlled by Admin.
2 What do you gain by being connected!?
You get a limited feed, but you still get to see the full profile of people ++ (as I understand it). You can also send messages to people you are not connected to.
3 How about an invitation only option?
If Insoshi could be used as a closed social network that was open by invitation only, it would be the perfect tool for larger networks of professionals. I guess that could be an Admin option to configure that.
4 No upload function
The blog feature is very limited. I miss the oportunity to upload files and photos, +++. I’m not that concerned with text formatting tools. Again the size limits for uploads must be possible to control by Admin.
All in all I really think Insoshi has something going here and a long awaited Open Source Social Network has a bright future.
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