Take it - this system is for you

Shake it - try it out, see what you can do with it

Break it - there are bound to be some things which need changing - see if anything breaks, report it if it does.

Make it - your input will mean that the system will end up doing what you want it to. Make it yours.

Take it, Shake it, Break it, Make it.

The LinkSphere social network provides a secure site which you can use to help find people with similar interests, be they academic, sporting or social. You can select exactly who can see material you post, either on an individual basis, by creating groups of people or you can make content public should you choose.

Please use the Issue Tracker to provide feedback - bug reports, requesting new features, new documentation requirements, changes to layout of pages etc.  Also, if you are exploring the system, please feel free to write notes using the Add Page  option - it is always easier to write a guide on how to use a system when you are exploring it, and any problems you run in to and document make it easier for us to enhance/correct the system to make it as useful as possible for you.

The site offers the opportunity to save bibliographic references, setup relationships with other users, set up groups, work collaboratively via wiki pages, keep track of projects and issues relating to them, write a blog, use discussion forums, have live online chat, set up polls for a quick survey of user opinion, etc. 

The site will provide you with options for different levels of expertise, so that you can choose to have the 'beginner' interface which will (eventually) hide a lot of detail which might otherwise be confusing (in progress).

Currently there is an issue with allowing users to change their level of expertise in the system.  This will need some development work to resolve.  Additionally, the system needs to be able to allow users to be shown using their "real names" rather than their university usernames.  Due to the potential ambiguity of real names, this also requires some further work.