Lean Austria

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.

Further reading:

Fm4 radio feature about wmc3.at

Review on Austrian startups

10 Most Successful Web 2.0 Startups