[p2p-research] [P2PFNL] Ning and Knol

Mon Dec 17 19:05:02 CET 2007

thanks for your enlightening and experienced comments Sam ...

My feel is to go for it .... I will repropose this in January, to see who is
on board,

Michel

On Dec 17, 2007 10:24 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Martien's concerns are one reason why I've been helping people experiment
> with either ELGG http://elgg.org as an open source social network
> platform. Especially for people who are interested in creating their own
> network.
>
> I set up an example for a friend here a while back
> http://socialsynergyweb.com/intentionalcommons
>
>
> This has the same personal and group aggregation, and the system allows
> the import/export of FOAF files, which has existed for quite a number of
> years now, and *can* make all of your profiles and friends data totally
> portable (so can XFN specification).
>
> That being said, for connecting your network with *other* networks, Ning
> is a decent option. Ning also is starting to support more open data formats
> in the form of microformats.
>
> Ning supports hcard, xfn, cite, and others. I know that some folks are
> working on making all data exportable from Ning. So, overall it does not
> seem like too bad of a deal.
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 8:19 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm understanding that campfire is an idea, but not an existing
> > platform?
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > On Dec 17, 2007 7:59 PM, Martien van Steenbergen < Martien at aardbron.nl >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > i know. it's too bad. camfire is an idea from 3 years ago or so. too
> > > little funding at that time...
> > >
> > > On 17 Dec 2007, at 13:46 , james burke wrote:
> > >
> > > > campfire, sounds like a good idea, but the name kinda is pretty
> > > > much taken - http://www.campfirenow.com/
> > > > j
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 17, 2007 1:21 PM, Martien van Steenbergen <
> > > > Martien at aardbron.nl> wrote:
> > > > I find myself in a dilemma here. On one hand, I love social nets
> > > like
> > > > Ning and see the value of quickly launching yet another peer group.
> > > > On the other hand, there are sooooo many of these nets. Right now,
> > > > I'm being Plaxo'ed to death... I can't keep up with all of them. And
> > >
> > > > every time I have to enter my name, birth dat, hobbies, photo,
> > > > professional history, etc. And they're often kind-a sluggish. And
> > > > that keeps me from using them intensively.
> > > >
> > > > I want something that turns it inside out and that puts ME in
> > > > control. And something that works smooth, silky and snappy.
> > > Something
> > > > like Campfire...
> > > >
> > > >        http://wiki.aardrock.com/Campfire
> > > >
> > > > Succes en plezier,
> > > >
> > > >        Martien.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 17 Dec 2007, at 12:29 , Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dear friends:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ning is a do it yourself social network, founded by Marc
> > > > Andreessen...
> > > > >
> > > > > My question is: does it make sense to create one for creating an
> > > > > added community layer .... This would be a way to let various
> > > blogs
> > > > > (mine, sam's etc..) work better together, in a neutral
> > > > > environnement, and it integrates discussions etc...
> > > > >
> > > > > See http://www.ning.com/home/networks
> > > > >
> > > > > I also think we should be very fast on the ball when Google's Knol
> > >
> > > > > is officially launched ...
> > > > >
> > > > > What do you think?
> > > > >
> > > > > Michel
> > > > >
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