In the ever expanding universe of social networks serving niche audience, there is a new entrant called DailyStrength. It is for people with wide ranging medical, psychological and life conditions. In this network, they can discuss their ailments, problems and remedies they are undertaking.
Doug Hirsch, one of the first employees at Yahoo! and ex-Facebook executive, is one of the founders of the site.
As there are many ‘medical’ social networks expected to spring up catering to particular ailments and conditions (e.g. cancer, hypertension, diabetes, pregnancy etc), by entering the segment first DailyStrength can hope to be one the best in the business by the time others spring up. There is a lot of revenue potential for the site as well as drug companies spend billions of dollars annually on ads, PR and other campaign.
Also, the usefulness of this site can be very high since a patient can find real solution to a certain ailment by talking to people who benefited from certain therapy. I have no doubts in my mind that in the coming days, the site will provide expert guidance and medical consultations by medical professionals. This will also be particularly helpful for building up a databank of a certain disease, patients and record their changes in conditions.
News: Techcrunch
