Codetown ::: a software developer's community
What do you think about Twitter's recent moves limiting access to data via their API? Continue
Started by Michael Levin Aug 23, 2012.
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Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Michael Levin Jan 31, 2012.
I just started reading the book, Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards and the author provided a link to his website, so I…Continue
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Started by John Dargan. Last reply by Patrick O'Keefe Nov 11, 2009.
I have noticed that whereas someone would normally search for their friends on twitter for purpose of following them, it is also possible to use twitter as a marketing tool and a community building…Continue
Started by John Dargan. Last reply by John Dargan Nov 8, 2009.
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Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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