Ask HN: What elements can I add to my website to make it more social?

Re:Ask HN: What elements can I add to my website to make it ... by arkitaip on Saturday March 26, 2011 @09:37AM (#2372032)

May I suggest that you challenge your assumptions? Maybe the problem isn't sharability but something entirely different. Having said that, here are some general suggestions:

1. Make a widget creator that allows members to easily display photos on their site. Offer this as a service to (news) blogs.

2. Maybe you could offer a suite of commercial services? I can imagine some companies wanting to analyze their social photography presence. What about alerts a la google?

3. Are you working on an android/iphone app? I think you should be working on an android/ihpone app!

4. Any gamification you can throw in? How about battle between two photos where members can vote on the best/funniest/most touching one? How about score boards with people with the most comments, views, uploads, etc. There is so much fun to do in this space http://gamification.org/wiki/Encyclopedia

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Re:Ask HN: What elements can I add to my website to make it ... by herman on Saturday March 26, 2011 @09:59AM (#2372082)

Thanks. These are awesome ideas.

I've already got number 1 covered with another website I created, http://badgeplz.com that provides widgets like that. But I think I need to incorporate that into the site as well.

2 - I want to try and aim it at companies organizing events so they can get all photos from the event (taken by real people attending) grouped together easily.

3 - Not yet, not sure if it would make sense though?

4 - Nice! Thanks for the link. I'll definitely be looking into this.

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