Holy Grail of Web 2.0 - Open Source Social Media

Image by rigeneriamoci via FlickrIt's so strikingly obvious I'm upset that I didn't think of it before. Someone take my idea and make a lot of money. Or considering how well most social media sites have been monetizing (poorly), at least you can start a revolution.

Everyone is talking about open source. Annoyingly, there's a lot less evidence of the positive output of the open source movement than there are articles about the open source movement. If this article from maximum pc is any indication, open source hasn't caught on in a big way yet. But that doesn't take away from its potential.

And here's where its potential kicks in. Open source social media. I'm not talking about Ning, here. I'm talking about a true social media platform that can be built and expanded by the community using it. A web-based social OS, so to speak. It's a win-win for open source and for social media, and since I can't write software, I'll let YOU do it for me. Just, please, make it good.