Yeah, I'm using BBPress (which BuddyPress is built on top of) for a class I'm teaching and it's really pretty broken and slow once you get more than a few users into it.
-Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia 2010/5/5 Liu Yan <[email protected]> > We have used buddypress before, it was pretty good in the beginning, but as > you use it more, the bugs will kill you. > > Now we are switching back to Wordpress, have lost a great deal of functions > of buddypress but at least we could keep the bugs at minimum level. > > A couple of weeks ago we have teamed up with a social media consultancy > firm to develop our own social network platform. The beta will be ready in > two months time. Our experience with all the available SNS tells us: If you > are serious about building coworking as a sustainable enterprise, I strong > recommend that you develop your own online collaboration platform. > > regards, Yan > > 2010/5/5 Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > >> I recommended a Zoho forum (rather than Yet Another Social Network) a few >> months back. >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_frm/thread/f2928c64fd30a21/7e9babaccd485b45?lnk=gst&q=zoho#7e9babaccd485b45 >> >> >> <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_frm/thread/f2928c64fd30a21/7e9babaccd485b45?lnk=gst&q=zoho#7e9babaccd485b45> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Cadu de Castro Alves < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good idea, Brian. >>> >>> We could create a forum or something similar (using BuddyPress, Elgg etc) >>> to gather all coworking communities around the world. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> >>> []'s, >>> >>> Cadu de Castro Alves >>> Web Developer >>> Blue Factory Solutions >>> Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 >>> >>> “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented >>> the other three, HE was a genius.” - Sid Caesar >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:43 AM, BrianR <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Here at Carrboro Coworking we use a Google Group. It gets used by >>>> folks some. Mostly as a way for me to reach everyone easily. We've >>>> also tried LinkedIn and Facebook. >>>> >>>> What if we had a International Coworking server for blogs and/or other >>>> social stuff at Coworking.com? >>>> >>>> -Brian >>>> >>>> On May 4, 5:23 pm, Cadu de Castro Alves <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Ning has announced that will be paid in July. I'm the Coworking Brasil >>>> > community owner and need to change to another online tool because Ning >>>> will >>>> > be very expensive. >>>> > >>>> > I thought their choice very bad, but... what can I do? >>>> > >>>> > []'s, >>>> > >>>> > Cadu de Castro Alves >>>> > Web Developer >>>> > Blue Factory Solutions >>>> > Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 >>>> > >>>> > “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who >>>> invented the >>>> > other three, HE was a genius.” - Sid Caesar >>>> > >>>> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Arne Hulstein < >>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > I am using NING for some and elgg for other community purposes. With >>>> > > two partners we just demo-ed Vennware's community solution to our >>>> > > central government and that would be a cool solution as well. Based >>>> on >>>> > > Liferay with extra's. >>>> > >>>> > > Arne >>>> > >>>> > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:34 AM, stevepurkiss < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> > > wrote: >>>> > > > np. not used buddypress personally - heard it's good but >>>> stretching >>>> > > > the capabilities of a platform dedicated to blogging. >>>> > >>>> > > > Also take a look athttp://elgg.org/- out-of-the-box niceness. >>>> > >>>> > > > On Apr 16, 10:12 pm, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > > >> Thanks Steve! A coworker just turned me on to buddypress through >>>> > > >> WordPress. He's offered to set us up and let us all try it out >>>> to see >>>> > > >> if we like it. Anyone else using buddypress??? >>>> > >>>> > > >> On Apr 16, 1:48 pm, stevepurkiss <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > >> >http://openatrium.com/iswellworth a look. >>>> > >>>> > > >> > On Apr 16, 8:40 pm, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > >> > > Hi >>>> > > >> > > I tried really hard to dig in the archives for the answer but >>>> > > nothing >>>> > > >> > > became apparent. What online collaborative tools are spaces >>>> using >>>> > > >> > > help members connect virtually? Wikis, groups, sites, other? >>>> I'm >>>> > > >> > > looking for a place to house all the administrative info that >>>> > > members >>>> > > >> > > need quick access to in addition to a way for members to >>>> connect >>>> > > >> > > behind the scenes about their projects, a place to store >>>> info/tips/ >>>> > > >> > > links etc. >>>> > >>>> > > >> > > Thank you! >>>> > > >> > > -Angel >>>> > >>>> > > >> > > -- >>>> > > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>> Google >>>> > > Groups "Coworking" group. >>>> > > >> > > To post to this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> > > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> > > [email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>>> <coworking%[email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> > > . >>>> > > >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >>>> > > groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>>> > >>>> > > >> > -- >>>> > > >> > You received this message because 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