[Air-L] Decentralized alternative for academic social network

[sky]

Might there also be the possibility of using existing infrastructure in
some way, like a Diaspora node or Crabgrass?

On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 12:09 +0100, Francesca Musiani wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Just a short message to go back to the very interesting conversation held
> on this list a few days ago about Academia.edu and possible alternatives.
> Mathieu O'Neil and I, from a personal viewpoint and also as members of the
> editorial board of the Journal of Peer Production, would like to support
> Rob's proposal to set up a "p2p online social network" for academics as an
> alternative to academia.edu, and remain available to discuss this further.
> We believe that this could be a significant advance for the commons, as
> well as a possible way to channel towards volunteer projects the funding
> that is indeed starting to become available for open access. We look
> forward to further discussions.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 

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