[p2p-research] Free Software Ning Replacement - Now!

[Alex Rollin]

That sounds reasonable to me;  there may be another solution we could look
at.

I'd be happy to share information about the Drupal Common install.

Also, you can just try it out: http://commons.peerforge.com

If it doesn't meet expectations I'd love to know what could be done.

Alex

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> we have a year for this transfer, and could of course hasten the
> transition,
>
> I propose that a few technicals, trash the alternatives out, present the
> alternatives to the list, and then we decide,
>
> after an experimental period of say 6 weeks, we can then transfer ..
>
> Michel
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> It's been a long time coming, this Ning thing, and lots was written and
>> discussed on the subject.
>>
>> Inspired by Josef's wishes to enable the social site to continue on, and
>> pressed for time:
>>
>> http://peerforge.com
>>
>> and the attached free software social networking site:
>>
>> http://commons.peerforge.com (running the new "Drupal Commons"
>> distribution from Acquia)
>>
>> The manifesto at http://peerforge.com can be your own when you join up.
>>
>> My hope is that you will consider it your own, as a gift.
>>
>> I am happy to transfer the domain to someone and the hosting account that
>> is running it at a point in time when the group of users feels like doing
>> something different (like tomorrow, if you like :)
>>
>> Thanks for checking it out and making an account.
>>
>> If people like, we can transfer the user list from the Ning site, and I'll
>> gladly recreate some of the 100 posts from Ning in the next couple days.
>>
>> I feel like, if there are people who feel strongly like I do, that there
>> could be an option to do something different now, and own it together, that
>> maybe folks will want to give it a try.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Alex Rollin
>> http://commons.peerforge.com/users/alex-rollin
>>
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