Last update: Nov 16, 2008
Since I last updated this page, work has progressed in Drupal 6's contrib land. We have reached a point where building a social networking site in D6 is feasable, though there are some areas still struggling. I am tracking the progress and you can see the results of that research below. Of course, this is subject to become outdated quickly, so you should do your own research if you are building an SN site on Drupal 6. There are also many more modules than those covered here so checking out the community category of the modules page will give you even more ideas.
PROFILES
USER RANKING & STATS
AVATARS
FORUMS & COMMENTING
GROUPS
IMAGE HANDLING
MAKING CONNECTIONS
RANKING AND TAGGING
MESSAGING
- Privatemsg In development (HEAD is D6)
- NotificationsReady. An alternate is Subscriptions which is in beta. If you are using OG, you should use Notifications as that integrates with OG.
UTILITY
ADMINISTRATION
Comments
I am the developer of Facebook-style Statuses, and I'd like to point out that it is stable and ready for standard use, but awaiting a few bonus features before an "official" release. But thanks for including it on the list, and thanks for compiling this useful list as well.