Facebook is different from G+ and the same with Oxwall. I personally feel being something different is better.

Just having a social network is not going to be successful. The theme (coffee lovers, bike riders, etc) and the way you run it makes the difference.

Also the new features that you provide them is more important. That makes them to come to your site.

Thank you for your feedback Joseph. We are doing out best )) and getting better with every new build.

I had to leave it for my choices between social engine or boonex dolphin, because i strongly believe that oxwall the platform itself is just way way too limited even for a developer like myself, is only so much you can do with plugins, so i for sure wont be donating at this stage :((

 I have reviewed all of the social networking platforms (SNP) out there, focusing on free/paid open source software. I also tested both frontend and backend of SNP that provided easy access. My interest is to find an SNP as basis of online B2B timber marketplace for my association.

This is my view on Oxwall. While Oxwall is very promising in the spirit of free and open source, there are 2 major problems: Oxwall community lacks proven, passionate third party developers/designers; and Oxwall foundation is closed (limited to the original developers) while the software is open source. This is a serious problem!

Look at this good example. R Software (www.r-project.org) has become the leading statistical computing software in few years. How? The R software was started by 2 persons in 1993 in New Zealand, and since 1997, 20 persons including the original authors have "write access" to R codes based on their contributions. This is the spirit of free and open source, which works magically.