Idea: A social utility that creates massive data clouds around a user's files and his friends files.<p>I'm building a better social utility and need opinions on why file serving in a social network may be good or not so good idea.<p>Background: Photos, videos and even messages are simply files accessible by one's social network.<p>Example: User A shares his favorite songs in an upload. His/Her friends may then listen to those tracks online.<p>Why don't we have a social utility that allows ANY file sharing/exchanging?
There is similair network in Poland ( <a href="http://chomikuj.pl/" rel="nofollow">http://chomikuj.pl/</a> ).<p>It's mostly used by pirates, and social aspect is not the main functionality (you can add comments, images, recommend people to other people, share their files, etc. , but that's all). Most people think of it as an alternative to rapidshare. They earn money from users paying for downloading transfer (uploading is free, or even gives you points you can use to download other files, I don't remember).<p>I wonder how they deal with copyright - maybe because you are supposed to know everybody you share with - it is fair use?<p>Anyway - it exists.