[p2p-research] VERY urgent request for Ning

Mon Apr 19 17:24:17 CEST 2010

I think the essential value of the Ning blog, started by Josef, was the
possibility of threaded discussion as well as a visualisation of the people
behind our network. The blog itself is secondary, since we already have one
that was about 10 times more popular.

I will proceed with sam on a contact mgt. system, but am very open to others
taken initiative for other features, especially the social network itself,

Michel

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>> >
> >>> > --
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> >>> >
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