Apartment Owners started using internet as a preferred medium of communication because it provided them the ease of communicating. Initially they used to send emails to all members in “CC’. But for larger number of members it became inconvenient and email lists like Yahoo groups & Google groups became a defacto standard.
These emails lists do provide a convenience to communicate but the growing pain of unwanted emails, difficult verification, non specialized list,no SMS and no intelligence in reusing the information generated are few of the reasons why a specialized service like CommonFloor makes more sense for apartment/residential communities.
Check out the comparison below to understand the differences and advantages better.
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lenabor
June 9th, 2009
Bravo, what necessary words…, a magnificent idea
Prakash
June 10th, 2009
A very good study.
JamesD
June 11th, 2009
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
manish
June 15th, 2009
am staying at an aprtment at bangaolore- this site shd give me a chance to learn, share various issues that affect day to day functioning of the apartment.
Sri
June 18th, 2009
I think that there is no need of this comparison. commonfloor provides much more than these generic email groups.
Ravi
January 8th, 2010
Another alternative could be having your own web based community.
It is based on open source so you spend very less to have your own branded community. Also this can be extended as per the needs of your association. Common floor is best as it’s free and you don’t need any technical knowledge.
Mahendra
January 19th, 2010
A very good comparative study.
G.Venkatachary
May 17th, 2010
The more important thing to admire is the flexibility in management in that the work could be distributed between authenticated members.