[Coral-List] Launch of New Social Media Platform for Coral Reef Researchers

[Alan E. Davis]

Just a thought: few to no islander scientists and educators will be able to
participate in such a commercial venture.

Alan Davis

On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:36 AM Dr Stuart P Wynne via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Coral-Listers.
> After completing our beta-testing phase we are now excited to announce
> that our social media for coral reef researchers web-based networking
> platform is now live! This social media style platform for coral reef
> researchers, managers and other coral professionals also features career
> opportunities, indexed research archives, and small research grants.
> With more exciting features planned for the future, there has never been
> a better time to join us. Unlike other social media platforms, the Coral
> Reef Research Hub is ad free and keeps your data secure from third party
> marketing companies. With the changing global climate of today, online
> networking has never been so important, and with a niched platform such
> as this you can be sure to easily connect with the coral professionals
> you are looking for without spammers and scammers ruining your
> experience. Over time, as the CoRR Hub grows, it will become a great
> place for both researchers to collaborate with other researchers and
> organisations to search for and find quality professionals to work
> with. How is this all achieved? We have taken tried and tested social
> media functionality, and stripped it back to only that which is
> essential for research networking. This includes:
>
> - Member profile information that is fully searchable by other Hub
> members so that they can find those interested in their own research
> areas
> - The ability for all members to easily create interest groups and
> invite members to join based on their areas of expertise, whether they
> are connected with each other or not
> - A private messaging system that allows all Hub members to write to
> each other irrespective of whether they are connected with each other or
> not
> - An activity stream where members can post updates to the Hub that are
> visible and searchable by all members without algorithms deciding who
> gets to see them or not
>
> Functionality such as this makes it an ideal way to connect and
> collaborate with others for a variety of different reasons, such as:
>
> - You are an undergraduate student looking for others to collaborate
> with in other countries without the need for expensive or inconvenient
> international travel
> - You are a postgraduate conducting a meta-analysis and are looking for
> data sources or other students studying your research topic
> - You are a professor looking for potential research students or other
> partners to join your research team
> - You are a consultancy looking for potential candidates to lead your
> latest research work
> - You are an organisation looking to invite top coral reef researchers
> to apply for your latest job openings
>
> If any of this sounds interesting to you then check out our Facebook
> group for more information:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/coralreefresearch
>
> ....or visit our homepage directly:
> https://www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com
>
> Any feedback welcome to admin at thecoralreefresearchhub.com
>
> Thanks for reading and have a great day!
>
> Dr Stuart P. Wynne
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