Hi, I'm actually looking for an open source social network to start a social network. I could build one from scratch but I'm sure there's something out there I can start from. What are your suggestions? Thanks!
Try Elgg.org or Boonex Dolphin or Joomla, with its CB & Groupjive or Drupal with its OG Please read this : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=849283 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=849220
Elgg has limited documentation available. Go for joomla . You will get lot of documentation about it. Also large number of templates are available.
Both elgg and joomla as well as others have the modules you may need. There is documentations also that come handy. For Joomla see the joomla site. For Elgg also plenty of documentations , please see this http://classic.elgg.org/mod/mediawiki/wiki/index.php/Using_Elgg http://classic.elgg.org/mod/mediawiki/wiki/index.php/Running_Elgg http://classic.elgg.org/mod/mediawiki/wiki/index.php/Development Invest at least one day in studying both and you will not regret with any of these.
We've been very happy with both Dolphin and Phpfox. Dolphin is better if you dont mind branding, and phpfox is the best if you can spend the $300. I run modification sites for both of these: DolphinElite.com Konsort.org