[BNM] Open Source Social Networking choices

[Joe Aliferis]

i would use elgg

joe


> There is always a trade-off between generic and bespoke solutions but I don't want to make efforts adapting something which on the outset looks scalable but infact is a load of marketing balls.
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> J.
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> From: Michael Bailey <m at madhavaji.com>
> To: Brighton New Media <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 13:31:22
> Subject: Re: [BNM] Open Source Social Networking choices
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> Do you want something 'out-of-the-box' or are you prepared to put some build
> energy in?
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> Michael.
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> 2009/4/28 joseppi c <joseppic at yahoo.co..uk>
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>> Hi,
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>> I’m looking for an open source
>> (PHP) social networking application which I can deploy on my own server. I
>> have looked
>> at hosted options like Ning and KickApps but these companies are charging
>> for
>> extra bandwidth and /or control of advertising.
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>> I’ve looked at Buddypress which
>> sites on top of Wordpress MU. This has the advantage of a familiar codebase
>> (wordpress) but the feature set is less rich.
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>> Does anyone know of a better
>> solution?
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>> Thanks,
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>> J.
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