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Beyond Pinterest and Instagram -Ten visual social networks that should be on your radar
July 2012(by @dirktherabbit)
 
 
1 - Jux
Less than a year old,Juxwas called "the most beautiful blog platform yet" by The Next Web at launch and I agree.Think of it as an even more visual and better looking alternative to Tumblr, with a lot of thesame functionality (repost articles, follow other users).
Beyond Pinterest and Instagram -Ten visual social networks that should be on your radar
At Rabbit, we’ve written a lot recently about the growth of the visual web - how the big socialmedia success stories of 2011/2012 were visual, and how imagery is becoming more importantonline.I summarised the trend in a webinar presentationI did for EyeFor Travel (linkhere)However, though Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram have grabbed the headlines, which onesshould you look out for next? I've listed the ten I've had some exposure to over the past sixmonths.Sure, not all of them will be asuccess. Somewill be though, and they are worth keeping on your radar.
 
Jux has quickly become a Rabbit favourite, with some of us (for instancecatturner.jux.com greenwicholympicdiary.jux.com) having recently created personal sites.Jux boss Ted Metcalfe is adding features all the time to improve the functionality, so this isdefinitely one to start to get to grips with and thinking about what you can use it for. LikeTumblr, the process of signing up and posting takes minutes.
 
2 - Tadaa
Iwrote about Tadaa the other month, it's one of aseries of photo-sharing mobile networks thatcould on the surface of it be considered Instagramcompetitors.However founder Niko Schoppmeier's aim isn't tocompete with Instagram on numbers, which hecan never win. Instead, it is to create a networkfor mobile photographers who really take pride inthe quality of their content - think Vimeo vsYouTube.Tadaarecently went through an upgrade addingmore filters and features. I think its a better'product' than Instagram with better features andfilters.What it's lacking at the moment is basiccommunity features such as the ability to groupimages by hash-tag and the ability to call outsomeone publicly through @. The fact thatInstagram lifted both of these conventions fromTwitter proved to be crucial to its success.However, unlike Instagram you can post an imageand ask other users to post images in reply - mostchallenges and contests on Tadaa are run likethis.
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