Things come in waves. Recently, it seems like social networking and community sites have been a topic that keeps popping up under my nose. I am sure there are many resources out there where you can get detailed information on how to set up a community web site. As I am not a programmer, social engineer nor guru in any sense of the word, I would hesitate to come up with something that elaborate.

However, I did come across a list of which are the community building software that you can use. And I thought that it would be nice to share it here. Community building is becoming more than just a buzz word in marketing. It is effective and relevant. It is both fun and exciting. Marketing that is so much fun, must also be dangerous. Thread carefully.

http://www.barnraiser.org/
http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/
http://www.phpizabi.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/oscommunity/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/akarru/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opennetwork/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoss/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sociable/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/melt/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mycomunicy/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/isticker/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osstag/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openpne/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pligg/

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