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Harnessing and Nurturing Communities at MPS09

Amy Sample Ward

safe from spam attacks. removing spam and offensive content. – If you use something like Ning does that platform share a part of the liability? depends on the set up, whether you are building communities in ning or drupal or from scratch, building in the ability for users to include video and so on is easier.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Discussion boards can be added to your website, leveraged in a Ning site, or you can use a google group or similar solution. Consider Ning, Basecamp, and Zoho. If users have to create an account, that in itself is a barrier, but it will allow you to delete accounts that spam. What are some other considerations/barriers?

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Looking at Wave

Judi Sohn

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. Gmail focused on simplicity first (great spam filtering, super fast search, conversation grouping) and then along came Labs years later to make it all interesting and wiz-bang.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn Group spam is worse than ever. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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When should a nonprofit organizational blog moderate comments? What are the different approaches?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm not referring to comment spam , either. That's a different issue and you definitely need to use a spam filter. Doubting the Legitimacy of Blog Comments (about comment spam). TypePad AntiSpam: A Better Way to Handle Spam. Again, your blogging platform will have this feature. by Ken Fischer. Related articles by Zemanta.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn Group spam is worse than ever. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too! Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! NpTech Talk. Congrats to Allison Fine for the Terry McAdam Book Award.

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