Pinax vs. Plone -- Dev time, flexibility, security?

Trying to evaluate Pinax vs. Plone as platforms for developing a social network with some RIA capabilities and a solid permissions setup allowing the user to make content visible on a per item开发者_如何学Python/group basis.

Would I be better off hacking Plone (and having to learn Zope, etc) or adding on/modifying Pinax with existing/new Django? Trying to weigh dev time, flexibility and existing strengths such as security in Plone.

Thanks!

If you are going to use all of the functionality of Pinax - then Pinax would be the best choice. Look at cloud27.com - it used Pinax and that site could be replicated very quickly with Pinax. Like 5 mins quickly.

But if you are going to scale it back, then it might be more work to undo than to build in straight django applications.

Plone is really a great CMS and not for a social network.