social networking

is anyone working to integrate diaspora with drupal? it seems that at minimum, hooks could be made to connect a drupal user base with a locally-running diaspora pod. this would allow a drupal user the option to have their account "enabled" as a diaspora user too. from there, more could be built, including sharing activities (posts, comments, etc) via the diaspora pod to the greater diaspora network.

i was inspired to ask because of this blog entry about diaspora pod communications.

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There are a lot of social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, MySpace, Friendster etc. to name a few, along with other sharing, book marking and blogging sites like YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, (video and photo sharing) Delicious, Digg, Stumble Upon etc.(social book marking) , WordPress, Blogger etc. (blogging). In short, it will be too hard a person with a Facebook, Twitter, Delicious and Blogger account to update his status, tweet and blog simultaneously in any case. This is where this module comes to aid...

I think that it would be nice to have a list of the most useful modules for social networking sites. groups.drupal.org/social-networking-sites has a very short list of useful modules on its home page. I think it would be a great idea to expand the list.

We're looking for a Drupal developer to innovate future iterations for both philosophical direction and detailed specifications for bids on development work. The project will begin fairly slow and then ramp up quickly. The innovations that are integrated into the site will develop through a collaborative process to fulfill the objectives of a small but diverse group of users. The planning phase for developed and deployed innovations has been streamlined to a quick collaborative methodology to maximize the effort and intent of this group of collaborators.

We're looking for a Drupal developer to innovate future iterations for both philosophical direction and detailed specifications for bids on development work. The project will begin fairly slow and then ramp up quickly. The innovations that are integrated into the site will develop through a collaborative process to fulfill the objectives of a small but diverse group of users. The planning phase for developed and deployed innovations has been streamlined to a quick collaborative methodology to maximize the effort and intent of this group of collaborators.

UPDATE 11/12/10 - The potential applicants are currently under review. I will update accordingly if the Job is still avaliable. Thank you all who have responded and I especially want to thank the drupal ncommunity as a whole. I received a number of qualified candidates and wish everyone the best of luck in the near and distant future.

-Chris

Apart from the most widely used modules like Views, CCK , Ctools etc... What are the modules which are specific to social-networking sites that enhance the sites' usability as well as feel....??

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