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britster: The New MySpace For The UK?

June 26, 2007 by: UKStevieB

britster I came across a post over at Paul Enderson's blog 'Reflections' today that caught my interest; he is working to set up a new social network that will be aimed primarily at the British. Sounds good to me, seeing as I am British. At the moment he is preparing it for a private Beta and looking for some help in geting the bugs out, so if you have any experience with the inner workings of a social networking site and would like to lend a hand let him know over at his site, Reflections. If all goes well, those of us who are not as technically minded can sign on for a public beta of the network which should go live in August. With the continued growth of social networks on the web with sites like MySpace and Facebook this could be a great success. Also, as sites like YouTube are see the need to allow each country to set up their own community there is obviously an increasing need for more niche social networking sites. It will also be nice to be on a site where all the features are available to me, unlike the 'other' sites with their "currently only available in the US" applications. Wishing you well with this one, Paul, let's hope it all comes together. :-)
clipped from paulenderson.com

Britster Beta Testing
I’ve been working on Britster now for a number of months now, and the project is finally nearing completion! Everything’s in place to make this the biggest thing to happen to Social Networking in England for a long time - and I for one can’t wait to see this baby fly! ;)
During the first week of July the site will enter a ‘Private Beta’ phase, during which all of the little niggles will be resolved. Once this is done, the site will move to a ‘Public Beta’ a month later - which will see the doors open to members of the public.
So… Do you think you’ve got what it takes to help me? I’m looking for technically-minded people, who understand how social networking sites work, and who can help me to take this project to the next level. There won’t be any payment for your time at this stage, but you will get your name and a link to your website placed in a prominent position once the site goes live.

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6 Responses to “britster: The New MySpace For The UK?”

  1. Hey what happened? No more blogging? :???:

    Posted by: Shantanu on February 24th, 2008 at 4:06 am

  2. Oh well! Looks like you have turned your back on blogging completely… :neutral:

    Posted by: Traveller on February 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

  3. Sorry guys, I haven’t given up totally, but Real Life has been overwhelming lately. Sorry. :sad:

    Posted by: UKStevieB on April 3rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  4. Hi,
    I think this is pretty interesting actually, it probably will take off pretty well if advertised right. I mean the “no crap please, were british” is excellent, really appeals to the likes of me.

    I’ll keep an eye on this one.

    Posted by: Strange Frog on July 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

  5. Ive checked it out, and there is alot to do on their, but im using this other British Social Network / Community. http://www.ibritz.com

    Pretty good site. As I was banned from faceparty for being to old :S im only 26 lol.

    Posted by: Jake on December 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

  6. Hi Jake, I read about the FaceParty debacle, sorry to hear you got caught up in it :mad:

    Posted by: UKStevieB on December 4th, 2008 at 11:27 pm

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