Malcolm, Thanks for that list of other projects. I think its interesting to note that most of the projects you list are rails apps. Before jumping to Community Engine (about 1 1/2 years ago) I ran an ELGG implementation. At the time I had to decide between migrating to the next version of ELGG (I believe 1.0) or rebuilding my site using a rails project. As you've probably guessed, I chose CE. Future proofing my work was the biggest decision factor and it seemed like a framework like rails would offer the most innovation to build on top of. Based on your list of other projects I think that has proven to be true.
At the time CE lacked a few features from ELGG that I missed. Honestly, now I can't even remember which features those were and I know that both projects have grown much since then. You say that ELGG may be the best current social networking platform. I can't agree (or disagree) but in my experience ELGG is the only other software I've tried that I would consider a serious competitor of CE. I've also come close to using pinax (based on Django/Python). > I want to start a social network based on community activism This is exactly how I would describe my goals as well. I run a CE site for the Pittsburgh Garden Experiment. Additionally, I would like to build a website around the transition towns model to support our local transition initiative. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/resources/transition-primer It looks like you've really done your homework. Whichever platform you choose, please share your results here. Are there any features you've found that should serve as inspiration? Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en.
