[wsfii-discuss] Freddy invites you to join Zorpia

Tue Apr 29 14:26:51 UTC 2008

Alex,

Yes I bet some research would find some cool sites.

Some possibilities worth exploring:

Just Means is an interesting site but I have not had a chance to check 
it out: http://www.justmeans.com/

Another site that is similar in being focused on progressives is 
http://www.wiserearth.org

For more of a Euro flavor you might check out the UK based eAcademy 
http://www.ecademy.com/ <http://www.ecademy.com/>

Jeff

> Hi Kloschi, Hi Jeff,
> thanks for your thoughts and the links,
> and for keeping this list commercial-free...
> I was always intuitively suspicious of facebook, myspace and the like, 
> but hadn't read too deeply into it until now.
> After a couple wasted hours of reading the terms and development section 
> of facebook, I stil haven't found a way to GET OUT...
> Apparantly "everyone can join" but it's not so easy to leave once you're 
> in. Nowhere under terms did I find the word "unsubscribe" or "cancel"...
> Does anyone know of any larger, international social networking groups 
> that are independent and non-commercial?
> it's really a pity that cool social media applications like these can't 
> also be truly socially just.
> warm regards,
> Alex Toland
>
> jeff buderer wrote:
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>> Hi Kloschi,
>>
>> Hope you are doing well.
>>
>> I understand what you mean about some of those groups - even though I am 
>> a member of several of them - I think their operations raises lots of 
>> questions.
>>
>> Many of them are owned by media and tech barons with dubious motives. 
>> Peter Thiel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel> is one of the 
>> primary owners of Facebook and Rupert Murdoch owns My Space now.
>>
>> Good article about Facebook here: 
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook
>>
>> Jeff Buderer
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>>> hehe, freddy, you are doing it again ;)
>>>
>>> plase, no public / list wide invitations to commercial services! thank
>>> you! where I'm not really sure, if or how such a so called
>>> web2.0-cummunity can be called proprietary / commercial. 
>>>
>>> further, I personally avoid those 'communities' concerning privacy
>>> issues. and for the same reason I doubt it is good to advertise them on
>>> a list which is dedicated to openness and freedom like this one.
>>>
>>> kind regards,
>>> kloschi
>>>
>>> ps/ summer is starting here, hope the same at all your places ;)
>>>
>>>
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