[p2p-research] future of ning community

[Samuel Rose]

We'd in the past discussed replacing it with Drupal, ELGG, Statusnet,
GNUSocial, etc.

I have some fundraising tools on hand for p2p foundation that I'd
gladly put towards this.

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Josef, the creator of our ning community has alerted me to the closing of it
> at the end of the month.
>
> If we want to continue this the cheapest version comes I believe at $200,
>
> Josef knows more. If anyone would like to support its continued existence
> and lead a fundraising drive, this would be a good time to launch it. As
> August 20 is the deadline.
>
> In my own experience, the Ning community has a nice list of sympathizers,
> has the occasional interesting discussions, and has been a good place for
> announcements which can't find a place in the regular blog.
>
> Retweets have been regular, so I do think it could be a continued part of
> the mix,
>
> I think that with a voluntary moderator who would dynamize it, it could have
> a dynamic second life,
>
> Michel
>
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