Perhaps none. As I said, we've built Island from the perspective of how can we improve the educational experience of existing students by allowing them to form online communities which enrich their classroom experience. As a side benefit, students can prove their worth to potential employers. Also, as Drupal is an open platform, it is easy to hook Drupal into LinkedIn or other professional social networks so BYU.
So would you and other alumni join a BYU only Island-like service? Most I'd guess wouldn't at least not to participate in the different groups. I see the same thing on ISys mailing lists and Island. There are some alumni who enjoy participating in online communities so keep participating after they've left, but most don't. But I'm suggesting that a social platform could be built to support both use cases -- enhancing student learning and as a networking device for alumni. Kyle Research Assistant eBusiness Center @ BYU kyle.mathews2000.com/blog On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 22:39 -0600, Kyle Mathews wrote: > > Perhaps the best solution would be a mash-up of established business > > social networking like LinkedIn and a home-grown solution built > > situated to BYU. Emerging standards such as OpenSocial [of which > > LinkedIn is a founding partner] will make creating this mash-up much > > easier. > > > > Other's thoughts? > > I graduated years ago. What's my motivation to sign up for a BYU only > service? Without an answer to that question, all you have is a richer > environment for students to advertise themselves to the limited number > of employers specifically recruiting BYU students. > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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