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What is your favorite community — either on Ning or anywhere else. And why?
So many year-end lists pop up when the new year rolls around. It's a staple of bloggers to make these kinds of lists of favorites (and least favorites) for just about anything. All these lists got us to thinking: What are our own favorite communities, either on the Ning Platform or off. And just what is it about your favorite that you connect with? What is it that they do so well that you admire?
I'll start: One of my favorite outside communities is Goodreads. I love reading, and I love seeing what my friends are reading. They have reviews by smart people, which is super helpful in deciding whether to tackle a book or not. Maybe the only thing missing is threaded conversation.
As for on Ning: I think Razorbill has one of the best book-centric communities. Now, I'm not a reader of young adult lit, but I love how they get the authors from their imprint to participate in chats and by blogging. They do that part of community very well!
Feel free to share. We'd love to get some inspiration from your favorites. What's your fave?
[Note: We're not looking to hear about your site; we'd like to hear about sites you admire, and why.]
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Permalink Reply by Josh Hall on -
swapMessenger.com because I'm biased lol
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Permalink Reply by Jordon McGee (Jords) on -
Lol!
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NC for HirePermalink Reply by Jen on -
I'm so busy working and my own site, don't have much time to enjoy a Community outside of my sites and Creators, with one exception. Every time I work for Alice and Eugene of MyModernMet, I have a hard time not reading and looking! I love their blogs. They're filled with interesting stories from remarkable examples of unique architecture to up-and-coming photographers, interesting styles and techniques across the artistic gamut, artists of all kinds, you name it. The photos are to die for:
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Permalink Reply by Eric Suesz on -
Totally one of my faves. They're good! Another one that is similar to them is Wave Avenue. Both track beautiful images that I love paging through.
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Permalink Reply by Thiago Santos de Moraes on -
There is a great post in Ning blog about book communities:
http://www.ning.com/blog/2012/11/book-communities-a-powerful-tool-f...
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NC for HirePermalink Reply by SweetPotato on -
I'm much like Jen, not much time for taking part in other communities.
However, having worked on www.ecoronado.com I was inspired by the work they do and the real value that their site has to the local community.
I'm a member of www.opinion8.ning.com which is a Ning site focused on my local area. I met the owner for a coffee just to chew the Ning cud. I tend to be provocative in there just to stimulate a bit of conversation. not sure if they appreciate that or not.
SP
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Permalink Reply by Allison Leahy on -
One of my favorite outside communities is Shareable.net. Shareable is an online magazine that covers sustainable development and promotes the sharing economy.
Hyperlocavore is a great example of a Ning Network built around the same concept of collaborative consumption. This phenomenal yard sharing community connects people who love to garden with folks who have yards. The community makes it possible for its members to grow more, work less, save money, and build resilience...deliciously.
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Permalink Reply by Ambroise on
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Hyperlocavore is a dead community. Nothing happens in Latest Activity !
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Permalink Reply by Allison Leahy on
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It's great for connecting. A lot of the activity happens offline. Winter sowing, mulching, seeding, weeding, pruning and the eventual harvesting can't be done in front of a computer! Not all the time is spent in the garden, though. Would be nice to see more photos of dirty hands. :)
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Permalink Reply by S.Pommer on -
peekwave.com Just Awesome, Creative
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Permalink Reply by Antonio Ancelmo Matos Santos on -
I admire the network is jQueryHelp. The Network strives to help ning creators and share tips that have helped many maqravilhosas several other ning networks. My network was greatly aided by the same jQueryHelp.
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Permalink Reply by TJ @ jQueryHelp on -
Thanks for that, Antonio!
Its not a very pretty site with cool graphics like some people have created but it has things that no one else in the world has. And it is full of helpful info on using javascript and jQuery to mod Ning sites. Just overlook the look a bit, as it's main purpose is as a test site for my apps, some of which are still in development! :)
Best wishes!
"TJ"
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