Results Analysis

After a quiet last week of analyzing different media solutions I can now present the results.
None of the tested platforms is perfect, the strong things on the other hand usually lead to some weak points as well.
Therefore a combination of two supplementary platforms seems to be a good solution to fulfil all the needs of HESTIA.

Here you can find an overview of the different networks:
The detailed document is provided in a link below that table:

	LinkedIN	facebook	Xing	Moodle	twitter
Free Membership	+	++	+	+	++
Communication
Instant Messages	-	++	+	+	-
Chat/Groupconversation	-	++	+	++	-
VoIP	-	-	+	+	-
Messages	++	++	++	++	o
Events	++	++	++	o	-
Profiles/Personalization
Businessdata	++	+	++	-	-
Interests	+	++	+	+	o
Pictures	-	++	-	o	o
Video	-	++	-	-	o
Contactdetails	++	+	++	+	o
Groupfunction
closed groups possible	++	++	++	++	-
forum	++	+	++	++	-
Jobmarket in the group	++	o	o	+	-
See/Contact  other groupmembers	++	++	++	-	-

A more detailed analysis of the strength and weaknesses can be downloaded here.