[p2p-research] VERY urgent request for Ning

[Samuel Rose]

Everything you say makes sense to me. Again, if people want a
replacement for Ning, then ELGG is just going to take way less time.
However, if Alex is right, and p2pf community really wants something
else, and just used Ning because it was easy, then Alex is right that
we should explore that, and it is then likely that building it in
Drupal (or a similar framework like Rails or Django) is a better
option

Another item that led to my ELGG suggestion:


Moving blog to Drupal: Michel has turned down using Drupal for the
blog in the past.

It would actually be nice to use Drupal, as I am in the process of
helping Michel and p2p foundation adopt some tools that work well with
Drupal (namely CiviCRM).

Anyway, I think you are onto something, Alex. What if we put aside
platform choices and explore needs as you are suggesting, and see if
we can at least get some response from the community about what they
would like? Then, I for one am not opposed to using Drupal to build
what is requested...

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:
> What about moving the blog to Drupal and adding a few social features?
> I am not sure exactly what people like about Ning, but this would be an
> important time to say something about it.
> I understood that it was initially set up because it was easy.  Perhaps a
> current admin could give us some usage statistics to tell us what features
> are popular.
> If Elgg is being recommended because it is replacing 'social features' that
> we don't need or care about then why use it?
>
> --
> Alex
>
> “It’s no longer possible for a country to collapse in isolation. Now we all
> collapse.
>
> The only path to stability is to equalize the consumption rates of the first
> and developing world. Our dream is no longer possible in the new world.” -
> Jared Diamond March 2010
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have tried Elgg before.  It is ok, but I do not like it as much as
>> Drupal.
>>
>> --
>> Alex
>>
>> “It’s no longer possible for a country to collapse in isolation. Now we
>> all collapse.
>>
>> The only path to stability is to equalize the consumption rates of the
>> first and developing world. Our dream is no longer possible in the new
>> world.” - Jared Diamond March 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We can use ELGG as an alternative. It's just as nice as Ning. I'd be
>>> glad to set it up... (GNU is looking at using it for GNUSocial right
>>> now, too)
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Dear friends,
>>> >
>>> >  I just hear that Ning will no longer be free, and I personally can't
>>> > afford
>>> > any fees for it,
>>> >
>>> > we have two possibilities, either find some funding, or closing it,
>>> >
>>> > but in any case, as I'm now travelling for two days,
>>> >
>>> > Joseph: can you make sure to at least copy the emails of our members,
>>> > so
>>> > that we don't loose the network we have built up there?
>>> >
>>> > Michel
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University - Think
>>> > thank:
>>> > http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI
>>> >
>>> > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net  -
>>> > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net
>>> >
>>> > Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss:
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>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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