Tag Archives: amazee

Amazee shut down on 23 December: did anybody notice?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tobias Eigen

I just remembered that in October Amazee Labs announced that it would be shutting down the amazee.com social change platform on 23 December. I blogged about it back then and was quite appalled. I completely forgot to check on the 23rd, … Continue reading →

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Despair ye not, my feckless grasshoppah: Obsolete Appliance Parts Forum Example to Amazee – archive, don’t delete!

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I love this notice which I came across at http://www.applianceguru.com today while looking up an old dishwasher that I need help repairing. It immediately reminded me of Amazee‘s announcement last week that it is shutting down its online community platform … Continue reading →

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Setting us back while going forward: Amazee closes shop, refers members to Facebook and Google for social change organizing

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

I received the above message from Amazee today. Amazee is (or will be until December 23) a platform built using Drupal where people can create groups to organize around social change projects and campaigns. The makers of the site (Amazee Labs in … Continue reading →

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