[p2p-research] [globalvillages] Ning eliminates free networks

[Samuel Rose]

You can count me in, contingent on my availability over next few months.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Michel Bauwens
<michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think to have these features would be a plus, and it is co-dependent,
> since it requires funding, of building a true movement,
>
> I think that if you find 3-4 people willing to put energy in this, and
> function autonomously as a mini-group, I would certainly do my best to
> support it,
>
> it's the logical next step for our work, and that's why it's important that
> it is divorced from my personal role,
>
> Michel
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> the first thing is asking ourselves, but what it is for?
>>
>> I offer:
>> Allowing users to post to the shared blog.
>> Publishing while minimizing overhead and admin time.
>> Building a web presence that is complimentary to the wiki
>> Publishing to the web so more people find the content through search
>> Inviting the wider community to enjoy the conversation instead of forcing
>> them to join the list.
>>>
>>>
>>> as i said, the social features and threading were the added value, but
>>> otherwise, the Ning site underperformed, and I was the only one taking care
>>> of admin tasks (but thanks to sepp especially for his forum articles which
>>> attracteda lot of discussion)
>>
>> So, being able to find a profile and add that person to your 'friends' is
>> good.
>> Seeing comments as threaded replies is good.
>> Seeing a username on a comment and clicking through to the profile of that
>> person is good.
>>>
>>>
>>> this is what is appealing in alex' proposals, to devise a 3-year strategy
>>> for movement building and funding,
>>>
>>
>> Would someone like to write a funding appeal for this effort?
>> Does anyone have a recommendation of a 'green' webhost for us?
>>>
>>> what I'm doing with Sam, through civicCRM is devising a mailing list of
>>> our sympathizers, for some more specialized outreach purposes
>>
>> Offering people the ability to manage subscriptions through a site is a
>> very professional approach.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Michel Bauwens
>>>> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hi Franz,
>>>> >
>>>> > if you want to know what the p2p network is trying to find as
>>>> > solutions, you
>>>> > can talk to Sam, who had some proposals for us, and we're working on
>>>> > them,
>>>> >
>>>> > Michel
>>>> >
>>>> My suggestion was that we can use ELGG http://elgg.org/ as a
>>>> replacement for Ning
>>>>
>>>> There's currently lots of discussion, offers and ideas at
>>>> p2presearch at listcultures.org as well, mostly centered around Drupal.
>>>> Drupal's great, but I still stick by my suggestion and offer of ELGG
>>>> as the best 1 to 1 replacement for Ning, requiring the least amount of
>>>> effort.
>>>> --
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>>>> Sam Rose
>>>> Forward Foundation
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>>>> http://p2pfoundation.net
>>>>
>>>> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human
>>>> ambition." - Carl Sagan
>>>
>>>
>>>
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