Social networking in Africa

Social networks function on many levels, from a single family to a big company and they play a role that many people do not recognize. In many occasions, social networks determine how some problems can be solved. We can say that social networks can have lots of applications, from helping governments to determine how many people suffer from a disease in their countries to control the spread of such disease.

Software development is a main actor playing a significant role in the world of social networking. Consequent Software Development is a South African software development company that is an example of how this kind of companies can be the ideal support for social networking. Consequently, 24.com has chosen ConseQuent Software to help it to establish the first social network search site in South Africa: Answerit.24.com.

Social networks function on many levels, from a single family to a big company and they play a role that many people do not recognize. In many occasions, social networks determine how some problems can be solved. We can say that social networks can have lots of applications, from helping governments to determine how many people suffer from a disease in their countries to control the spread of such disease.

Software development is a main actor playing a significant role in the world of social networking. Consequent Software Development is a South African software development company that is an example of how this kind of companies can be the ideal support for social networking. Consequently, 24.com has chosen ConseQuent Software to help it to establish the first social network search site in South Africa: Answerit.24.com.

24.com had to face three main challenges: an impulsive and sometimes erratic user base, make sure that the site would be function properly under peak load conditions and battle against possible hackers’ attacks.

Regarding the first challenge, designers coped with the factor that in all social networks users is anyone. Programmers do not have many details on the user base. Therefore, they had to cater for a wide range of users.

Concerning the second challenge, developers used a number of advanced caching techniques, to react to the lurking prototype and cache the most frequently lurked content.

Relating to the third and last challenge, web designers involved in this project knew that many malicious users would try to post unpleasant content or to provoke a denial-of-service attack. So, they programmed the site to detect malevolent content or use.

Answerit.24.com is surely very useful for users all over the world and the two South African companies mentioned above have been its proud creators.
 
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