If the early to mid aughts were about developing all-encompassing social networks for everyone, now it’s about launching whole platforms targeted at a specific industry or subject—think of them like the chat rooms and message boards of web 1.0 but on steroids. Not only will geeks of all varieties be able to commiserate in one place, they’ll be able to collaborate on projects.
There are already early signs of what could be a boiling market for social. Doctors and med students are clamoring to share and study sometimes gruesome images of their patients on Figure 1. On Amino Apps, a collection of targeted apps focused on subjects ranging from Dragon Ball Z to Taylor Swift, people share rumors, fan art, and the best places to download old episodes of their favorite TV shows. The audience size of each app ranges from a few thousand to 100,000, but its engagement can surpass
Article source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3061712/dataworld-aims-to-be-the-social-network-for-data-nerds
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