BuddyPress Beginning to Mature At the Right Time

I've written about social-networking fatigue in the past, and still believe that–in the long term–distributed Social Web platforms will win out over the traditional, Web2.0-styled, closed-data-silo social networks. However, until that time arrives, a crack in the armor of the mega social networking sites may be expanding. This presents the BuddyPress project with a prime opportunity.

There is new research out that indicates that teenagers are starting to look for alternatives to Facebook for t...