[Hidden-tech] Social networking platform provider?

[Val Nelson]

Great points Shel and everyone.

Are you saying that Nings don't have an option to have an email sent to you
for things you want to be alerted about? I thought it did but I have only
joined one and I too never go to it, but I haven't dug too deep.

I like FB and LI groups so far. I also belong to many Yahoo groups, which is
a good old standby and the web version of the groups has a lot to offer for
file sharing and such.

I wonder about Google groups and Google Wave for collaboration tools.
Haven't dug into those enough to say.

Thanks
Val

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Shel Horowitz <shel at frugalfun.com> wrote:

>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
>
>  I have to say...from a user POV, I hate Ning. I almost never visit my
> Ning groups and try to avoid joining more. Not only is the interface
> wretched,not only is it almost impossible to find your way back to a
> previous screen, but the e-mail notifications require you to click through
> to see if the content is worth it. I much prefer FB actually e-mailing me
> the content and I can decide to join the conversation, or even LinkedIn
> sending two-line teasers.
>
> So what ends up happening is I participate at least somewhat in the FB and
> LI groups, and ignore the Ning ones. I can't be bothered to click through to
> find out if it's worth my while or not, so I just skip it.
>
>
> At 8:52 AM -0400 3/31/10, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography
> wrote:
>
>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>  two good examples of burgeoning ning networks are valleyshare<http://www.valleyartshare.com/> (open
> network) and allthingswilliamsburg.ning.com (I co-created/ closed
> network).
>
>
> They're a great (and FREE) way for people within a certain group or niche
> to communicate, post photos, videos, create groups..basically like a
> localized version of facebook ...there are a few layout and administrative
> limitations but nothing to really complain about...definitely serve the
> purpose well, with very little oversight/management/upkeep needed.
>
>
> come to think of it...facebook groups might do the trick for your client
>  too.you can have a closed or public fb group. with all its shortcomings and
> weird anomalies, fb is quite a powerful little monster...
>
>
> Regards,
>
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> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Lynn B. Johnson <lynn at motormouth.com>
> wrote:
>
>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> My client is underwhelmed with iGroops and wants to change platforms.
> I've evaluated Ning, Groupsite, and Small World Labs. Anybody have
> experience with these, or another platform-based (not interested in
> server software) solution for membership-based professional communities?
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Lynn
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