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"Groops  is a German-based site that ha recently launched.  It lets you create and manage your own groups, and an English version is available.\nWith groops, you can browse through groups based on search terms or tag words.  Each group displays its members and fans, as well as events, messages, and everything else you'd expect from a groups site.  Profiles display a user's basic info as well as the groups they're member to.  Your own dashboard acts as a central access point for all the groups you've joined, and features a feed function alerting you to all activity across your groups.  Switching between groups is pretty easy as well.\nCreating your own group includes some basic functionality, and is customizable in terms of adding a company logo and changing the background image and colors.  Overall, there's a bit less functionality included in groops than you'll see with Ning, especially for group customization and settings.  Adding some easier access options to groups from either your own profile or others would make group management and site exploration that much easier and faster as well.\nOther ways to create your own groups and networks include Around Me, and Wetpaint.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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