The network has earned a new social network Path

Understandably, the first question that arises after reading the headline: “So what? There are more of these social networks than mushrooms in the average forest after the average September rain. ” The answer is simple - the social network Path is not like the others, differing in everything that is possible. The fact is that it is generally impossible to exchange text messages, upload music or video - pictures, and only pictures, are the means of communication.

The founder of this social network is Dave Morin, who previously worked on the social network Facebook, tracking the development of third parties. Maureen created his platform on the basis of three main ideas, some of which were prompted to him by his “comrades in misfortune”, the experts who worked on creating a new social network shoulder to shoulder. It is worth noting that the Path is currently available only as an application for the iPhone.
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So, now let's talk in more detail about the very ideas that formed the basis of this social network.

1. So, the first idea is that one person can communicate normally in no more than fifty people (“communicate normally” in the sense of being familiar, and not just say “hello” from time to time). this is the optimal number of friends — 50 people — yes, you correctly understood — on the social network Path, the number of friends is limited to fifty. communicate with everyone.

2. The second idea is to make a network that encourages a person to show his friends the best moments of his life. For example, you relax on the beach, and you know that your friends, and not just acquaintances, expect information from you about your vacation. As a result, a picture of beer and girls of palm trees and the sea is laid out in the Path, and friends understand that the rest is on a level. Of course, in a similar way encourages people to chat and Twitter, but the differences are still there.

3. The third idea, which has already been mentioned - to close the opportunity to communicate through text, and allow only downloading photos obtained through the iPhone itself. Perhaps soon the application for Path will appear for other mobile devices, but so far only iPhone is in operation.

Perhaps this social network will allow its members to communicate in the usual way, but this too will not be soon, if at all. It is worth noting the ideologists of the project - among them there is the creator of the Napster service, former employees of Apple and Facebook, and employees of other large IT companies.

Via forbes