[p2p-research] VERY urget request for Ning

[Alex Rollin]

Good info, and I hope all the content can be included in the export.

On this note Richard, what features do you see as essential for the next phase?

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On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Richard Schulte
> <Richard.J.Schulte at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ning luckily has been supporting Open Social APIs.  Here is what data that
>> will be able to be extracted:
>> http://developer.ning.com/notes/OpenSocial_APIs_Supported_by_Ning
>>
>> Drupal Gardens is not intended as a social networking platform, and neither
>> is Wordpress, IMHO.  The best option would be to build a Ning to Elgg port,
>> or something of the like.
>>
>> This company is already doing it professionally
>> http://www.keetup.com/ning-to-elgg/.  Doing it manually, then, would
>> probably not be incredibly difficult, depending on the complexity of the
>> Ning network.
>>
> Thanks for info, Richard.
>
> I think we are going to discuss among p2pf participants some more
> before before we actually build out anything new. Perhaps participants
> want something totally different from social networking altogether?
>
> I think we're at a loose consensus where we need to hear from more in
> the community to decide what to invest in next.
>
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> An aside, I do agree there is an opportunity with Ning to ELGG. Also
> check out what is emerging with GNUSocial, which started before the
> Ning announcement, and is gaining worldwide momentum
> http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:GNU_Social
>
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