Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Social Networks for Peace: A Comparison

Do any of these networks do anything? Let's find out.

Peace Networks on Ning
DoPeace
PeaceNext
iPeace
MyPeace.tv
Logo




Sponsor
The Peace Alliance, the Student Peace Alliance and the Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace
Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
None
Focus
Establishing a U.S. Department of Peace
Interfaith dialogue
Spreading awareness of peace events
Making videos
Members as of January 2010
998
1,327
21,342
3,720
Blog posts made January 5
0
2
14
1
Twitter?
sort of
No
Yes
Yes
Facebook or MySpace?
Facebook
Well-designed but has trouble attracting members without a strong interest.
MySpace
Horrible designs, auto-playing music and video, difficult to navigate, but seems to attract many people with a wide variety of interests.
Potentially alienating aspects
Seems to be geared towards U.S. political policy
No room for atheists. (Who cares about them anyway?)
Administrator has a weird survey on signup. For example, you're asked whether "our shrinking freedoms" pose a threat to peace, or whether "religion" is the biggest threat.
Difficult to find content

Other networks I found: GandhiTopia, mepeace.org
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