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Businesses can be made from niches. Niche business can have social networks. However, niche social networks are not businesses.

You see which way it flows? With a niche business, the social network is a subset of the functionality if it exists at all. If it is just a niche social network, it probably is not a business.

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I don't know, a social network can be made into a business, but one has to treat it as a social network, before it becomes a business.

Once the social network qua social network is healthy, you can then monetize it. It's a lot of work, and the financial rewards are little, but if you do it right, you can get a strong and loyal user base and maybe make a few friends.

Facebook started out as a niche social network for Ivy League students.

And technically it's still losing money hand over fist. But I'm with you, I think niche social networks have more money making potential actually. Linked In is a good example, they have been profitable for a while.

People who work is not really a niche

People who work AND network online is a niche I would say.

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