Most successful social platform – wmc3.at?
11. Oktober, 2007
The year is 2007. The world is entirely occupied by StudiVZ, Facebook and MySpace. Well not entirely! One small district of indomitable Austrians still holds out against the invaders. The overall number of users is of course a ridiculous comparison. But WMC3.at has a fabulous coverage in the district of Liezen. They are reaching more than 10% of the overall population, which is already surprisingly enough. Even in “networking” Scandinavia Facebook adoption is not higher (via zweinull.cc)
Looking at users statistics more deeply, WMC3.at covers about 80% of the kids in the age of 14 to 16!! And the users are very active.
WMC3.at offers many features, typical for social platforms, others are quite unique e.g. a system of “deputy sheriffs”, or that you can collect credit points which improves your ranking.
We will see what the future brings next and whether WMC3.at will be able to cover other regions.
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Christopher Horn | 19. Oktober, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Hey,
just found this article on google, and it makes me kind of proud that we’re called the most successful social networking platform in Austria – even though this wasn’t planned at all.
In this special area (Ennstal), wmc became a synonym for Internet, and at social events (fuatgehen), kids exchange their nicknames instead of mobile phone numbers.
Btw, our site is blocked in *all* secondary schools in this area
Nevertheless, maintaining this project turned into *real* work (we are all working voluntarily, no company behind us), and reading such articles demonstrate us that it’s worth all the effort. Thanks!
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Norman | 30. Oktober, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Check out the german ” meinenachbarschaft.de ” They are going to be something like this: Small networks!
But i still like the idea of people in social networks living close together…