Help: Meetup vs Yahoo! Groups - which is better?
I'm going to start a group for (my site) Ethical Beads (http://ethicalbeads.com)
I've only just decided to create it, so I'm not entirely sure what it will involve, but I want it to be a place for people who care about social justice, ethical consumerism, ethical trading, fairtrade-type etc issues particularly with regards to the bead & jewellery industries (and for those with constructive criticism of the above, interesting alternative suggestions etc).
I'd like there to be online & offline discussion, resources, activism of some kind... probably other stuff too and for these things to feed into the website & visa versa.
Meetup / Yahoo / Google / Other: If you've used any of these groups or know alternatives, please respond & with as much detail as you'd like; I'd really appreciate the help
- Do you use or have you used Meetup.com?
- Do you use or have you used Yahoo! Groups?
- Do you use or have you used Google Groups?
- If you've used two or three of these, which do you prefer, if any?
- Are there any similar sites you've heard of and/or would recommend?
Instead of coming up with a more comprehensive survey I'll respond to comments for now.
Ethical Beads, some background
I started Ethical Beads for two reasons, commercial / creative & charitable / altruistic:-
- Centralised directory of resources (articles, places to buy/sell etc)
- Raising awareness
- Selling beads & jewellery I've created
- Collaborating with others
Aims of Ethical Beads
* Raise awareness of the ethical issues involved in bead & jewellery manufacture.
* Make it easy for ethical consumers to purchase ethical beads & jewellery, thus:
* Revolutionise bead & jewellery crafting & manufacturing communities internationally.
http://ethicalbeads.com/about/
NB The first & only post (http://ethicalbeads.com/why-should-anyone-care-about-ethical-beads) is pretty excessively activist in tone, I'm not really happy with this. I'll be working on pitching it at a level with which I'm comfortable.
I welcome comments, including constructive criticism, but please do bear in mind that this is something I'm exploring & that I really do not have a clear or coherent philosophy on this at all (hence not being sure of tone yet). Thanks :)
It's a tough one & I have a lot of work to do, but that's okay.
Anyone who is at all interested in contributing to this in any way, please do speak up :)
I've only just decided to create it, so I'm not entirely sure what it will involve, but I want it to be a place for people who care about social justice, ethical consumerism, ethical trading, fairtrade-type etc issues particularly with regards to the bead & jewellery industries (and for those with constructive criticism of the above, interesting alternative suggestions etc).
I'd like there to be online & offline discussion, resources, activism of some kind... probably other stuff too and for these things to feed into the website & visa versa.
Meetup / Yahoo / Google / Other: If you've used any of these groups or know alternatives, please respond & with as much detail as you'd like; I'd really appreciate the help
- Do you use or have you used Meetup.com?
- Do you use or have you used Yahoo! Groups?
- Do you use or have you used Google Groups?
- If you've used two or three of these, which do you prefer, if any?
- Are there any similar sites you've heard of and/or would recommend?
Instead of coming up with a more comprehensive survey I'll respond to comments for now.
Ethical Beads, some background
I started Ethical Beads for two reasons, commercial / creative & charitable / altruistic:-
- Centralised directory of resources (articles, places to buy/sell etc)
- Raising awareness
- Selling beads & jewellery I've created
- Collaborating with others
Aims of Ethical Beads
* Raise awareness of the ethical issues involved in bead & jewellery manufacture.
* Make it easy for ethical consumers to purchase ethical beads & jewellery, thus:
* Revolutionise bead & jewellery crafting & manufacturing communities internationally.
http://ethicalbeads.com/about/
NB The first & only post (http://ethicalbeads.com/why-should-anyone-care-about-ethical-beads) is pretty excessively activist in tone, I'm not really happy with this. I'll be working on pitching it at a level with which I'm comfortable.
I welcome comments, including constructive criticism, but please do bear in mind that this is something I'm exploring & that I really do not have a clear or coherent philosophy on this at all (hence not being sure of tone yet). Thanks :)
It's a tough one & I have a lot of work to do, but that's okay.
Anyone who is at all interested in contributing to this in any way, please do speak up :)