Comments on: Stay away from Grouply http://www.resolvedtotest.com/2008/10/20/stay-away-from-grouply/ Two testers, one blog. Wed, 25 May 2011 10:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carminka http://www.resolvedtotest.com/2008/10/20/stay-away-from-grouply/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 carminka Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:55:04 +0000 http://www.resolvedtotest.com/?p=6#comment-1052 Thank you for the kinds words about my artwork! Agreed 100% - Never give out your access information. Clearly that presents a great risk. The web never(?) forgets, and the Grouply rumors last. But they are no longer true. Grouply no longer requires that you do so ... Yes, they did in 2008. No, they do not now... The first model was as a groups aggregator, an RSS feed for groups. They needed access info to do that. Obviously it was a bad business idea - since it required information people simply should not give up. If you do not give up the info, you can use Grouply as a social network without any security risk. Grouply can not change any email ids if you don't give them the access info. So, as you say, taking the risk is entirely up to you. Now they are a very good alternative to Ning. And since some times -- educational environments for instance -- we may want to separate the friends & family aspects of FB from a classroom SNS -- Ning WAS great for classes. That's no longer true because they have a tiered pricing model that leaves much to be desired for my class SNS needs. SO after a long search, Grouply seems like the best alternative because their premium service is free for educational uses -- AS long as you do not give up access information (Lesson #1 in online literacy! And teaching internet literacy IS part of integrating internet technology in the classroom.) Thank you for the kinds words about my artwork!

Agreed 100% – Never give out your access information. Clearly that presents a great risk. The web never(?) forgets, and the Grouply rumors last. But they are no longer true.

Grouply no longer requires that you do so … Yes, they did in 2008. No, they do not now… The first model was as a groups aggregator, an RSS feed for groups. They needed access info to do that. Obviously it was a bad business idea – since it required information people simply should not give up. If you do not give up the info, you can use Grouply as a social network without any security risk. Grouply can not change any email ids if you don’t give them the access info. So, as you say, taking the risk is entirely up to you.

Now they are a very good alternative to Ning. And since some times — educational environments for instance — we may want to separate the friends & family aspects of FB from a classroom SNS — Ning WAS great for classes. That’s no longer true because they have a tiered pricing model that leaves much to be desired for my class SNS needs. SO after a long search, Grouply seems like the best alternative because their premium service is free for educational uses — AS long as you do not give up access information (Lesson #1 in online literacy! And teaching internet literacy IS part of integrating internet technology in the classroom.)

]]> By: Maura van der Linden http://www.resolvedtotest.com/2008/10/20/stay-away-from-grouply/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Maura van der Linden Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:28:08 +0000 http://www.resolvedtotest.com/?p=6#comment-1049 We'll have to agree to disagree on that. Any site that, in order to fulfill its (at least at the time) advertised purpose, requires you to disclose your login or other information is a basic security risk. Whether you choose to take that risk is, of course, up to you. Just be aware of the risk and be willing to accept the potential issues that arise. In the light of all the Facebook application viruses, it's good to know who you have given permission to. Nice artwork, by the way - I like your site. We’ll have to agree to disagree on that. Any site that, in order to fulfill its (at least at the time) advertised purpose, requires you to disclose your login or other information is a basic security risk. Whether you choose to take that risk is, of course, up to you. Just be aware of the risk and be willing to accept the potential issues that arise. In the light of all the Facebook application viruses, it’s good to know who you have given permission to.

Nice artwork, by the way – I like your site.

]]> By: carminka http://www.resolvedtotest.com/2008/10/20/stay-away-from-grouply/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 carminka Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:25:54 +0000 http://www.resolvedtotest.com/?p=6#comment-1047 Well, all you have to do is NOT give out your Yahoo or Google groups access info. The access info is NOT required to set up a grouply SNS. You can just use grouply as a social network... as a great Ning replacement for example. Well, all you have to do is NOT give out your Yahoo or Google groups access info. The access info is NOT required to set up a grouply SNS. You can just use grouply as a social network… as a great Ning replacement for example.

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