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Originally Posted by dazzling
Thankyou, what is your opinion on Dolphin? Is it better or worse then Pligg?
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I have used Dolphin on a production site, I have two licenses available if you want to buy them, it is ok however you need decent hardware as it is somewhat bloated and it is not as user friendly and consistent in user experience as
Social Engine. There is too much missing from Dolphin's core that you need to make up in 3rd party add ons. If you want to run anything other than a free social network then Dolphin is not recommended.
Social Engine has so many advantages over Dolphin and Pligg. Membership billing is built right into the Social Engine core, so you don't need to add a plugin which may break in order to sell site memberships. It also has extensibility and well commented code.
Social Engine uses a plugins system for add ons which protects existing code from damage, whereas addons for Dolphin and Pligg generally modify core code.
The path between installation and opening your site is the simplest with Social Engine.