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sirwitti

groups.

create a group by setting it´s name.

join a group by knowing its name.

send messages to everybody in the group.

get contact info of everybody in the group.

create/accept/reject dates/deadlines.

share comments/links/files

this is for people who where at camps, workshops, classes, university, play in bands, work on any type of project together,...

sounds interesting?

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Yes. I've been infatuated with this idea for 3 years now. Specifically, having the groups centered around threaded forum-like discussion. So many times I've wanted to throw up a temporary forum online, and I just could never find an easy enough way to do it that didn't require lengthy registration and administration.

It would be nice if I could just tell someone, go to "foobar.com/<some word>" and we'll discuss it there.

I have a killer domain for the idea, but sadly have always been too busy working on other projects. To tell the truth, I'm a bit intimidated by working on forum software. Last time I tried, I feature-creeped myself to burn-out.

Check out http://MicroMobs.com. They do almost exactly what you're talking about.

http://groupspaces.com/ does most of what you mention.

thanks for the link! i didn´t know it yet though i researched a while on the topic. :)

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