Back-end considerations : have you considered integrating Boonex back-end to BAAS solutions such as Parse ? Or to some of the open-source BAAS products which are starting to flourish ? The technology has been quite game-changing for social networking centric sites.
 
 
Below is the legacy version of the Boonex site, maintained for Dolphin.Pro 7.x support.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
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