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Top Questions:

(1) Are these the right sites to be comparing? We are looking for well-known options - not little used sites.

• WiserEarth
• Google
• Yahoo
• Facebook
• Ning
• Grou.ps
• Basecamp
• Change.org
• Idealist.org
• Ammado.com
• WetPaint
• Razoo?
• Care2
• Celcias?
• TakingITGlobal
• Gaia Pods (Groups) -- example: http://pods.gaia.com/is_there_a_god
• ? Look for more --> http://www.unixl.com/blog/2008/top-100-networks-for-people-who-want-to-change-the-world/
• mixxt.com

(2) What should we be comparing across groupware? Current list below.

• Cost
• Ad-Free
• Storage
• Bandwidth

• Custom Branding
• Layout Customization
• Member Profiles
• Bulletin Board
• Events Listings
• Calendar
• Organizations Listings
• Best practices / Solutions Listings
• Resources Listings
• Job Listings  (NOTE: Group all listings as 'Member Editable Database'?)
• Related Groups
• Watchlist
• Real-Time Activity (Alerts feed?)
• Discussion Forum
• RSS Feed for Discussion
• Video
• Photos
• Notes / Wikis
• Blog
• Project/Task Management
• Tagging
• Revision System
• Search Group Content
• Suggested Content
• Share Content between Groups
• 'Ecosystem' (of Content and Community)
• Data Networking (Content Networking?)
• Network Visualization
• Files
• Comments
• Ratings

• Internal Messaging
• Group Messaging
• Email Notification
• ListServ
• Real-time Chat
• Audio Conference
• Video Conference

• Privacy Levels
• User Types
• Invitation Types

• Google Map Integration
• Facebook Integration
• Third-Party Widgets
• Multi-lingual Interface?
• Content Translation Tool? (machine by google at present, enabling human-powered translation in the future, a la DotSUB's subtitle translation tool? Simple and easy.)