In the case of Tracks, while it is, by makeup, a photo-sharing app, CEO Vic Singh says that the startup really isn't trying to solve a photo-sharing problem so much as its building a service where people can create small networks around shared experiences in the real world.
With Photos, Google already ripped out the best part of Google+ and all that's left now is a tepid social network around the idea of "shared interests".
The Pirate Bay, which has had a tumultuous year, is launching a dating network around sharing.
In late 2010, Zeev was introduced to Adi Tatarko and eBay engineer Alon Cohen, a married couple who had created a network around sharing photos and information around home remodeling and building.
GearON, a mobile service launching this month from ProtoMobl, centers on your phone's contact list and creates a social network around it to share photos, music, events and venue information.
This is the same hypothesis being explored by companies like AltspaceVR, with entire social networks built around shared experiences.
The comparison with imeem isn't completely fair because it is a broader social network centered around sharing videos and photos as well as music, although music is its main driver.
The site falls into the category of viral social marketing there are links to the Sony Reader website and eBook store plastered on every page and was pobviously rushed out before it was ready, but it shows some promise as a niche micro-messaging network centered around sharing quotes from books.
TipsBase is a new social network centered around sharing tips and tricks about a wide variety of topics, counting on user-generated content to populate the community site with interesting tidbits on why and how to do (or not do) certain things.
This is especially true for those social networks oriented around sharing your location; for the most part, you end up knowing where you and three other people are before you get bored and give up.
