I've this chance, all the tools I need, but I know that for this we will need to be a social person, because we need to spread the news first among our "friends" or colegues, and we need to have a lot of them (a school it will be nice).
If you want to talk about this in private, maybe we can avaliate if is possible the project (send me a message).
If is only by curiosity, and Yes I will answer your question, I think that.
1) we pick a subject that someone is already doing and we make it better.
2) we analyze all the famous social networks and try to invent something diferent, making people believe that they need that.
3) we make a mix between two of them, like Twitter and Linkedin it will be interesting.
I'm already making plans for a social site. I'm not saying what it is going to be but one thing is that being politicaly correct isn't part of it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.