Adoppt - Another Generic Social Network

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Pete Cashmore
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Adoppt - Another Generic Social Network
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Adoppt, which has just entered Alpha mode, is another new blog platform and social network. It has almost every feature you'd expect from a community site: blogs, tagging, forums, favorite links (similar to social bookmarking), a question and answer service (like Yahoo Answers), photo uploading, networks of friends and much more. It even comes complete with badges for MySpace pages and blogs.

The only thing it lacks is a sense of direction - it's the everythingitis problem I wrote about back in April. Obviously these markets don't follow any simple rules, but I still question whether there's space for yet another generic social network. There's definitely a market for networks that are focused on a niche - like a MySpace for Moms or a community of sneaker fans, but I'm not so sure whether the generic sites can get any traction. Nonetheless, Adoppt is in alpha right now, so let's give them a chance.

PS. Mashable's Adoppt account is here - feel free to add Mashable as a friend if you sign up.

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