Re: If we start another site...

January 21, 2010

If a group of us want to be e-buddies, I find that no different than

people who e-mail each other off-list for more personal support. I've

had some great chats with folks off list. I started a ning site

because it has traditional discussion boards to keep threads separate

yet collected under specific topics and also has a chat room where we

can have live discussions.

I would be incredibly happy to give full access and control of the

Ning board to and her representatives. On a group you

can't set up a " topic " and have everyone reply to it. It's all e-mail

threads which get reduced to Re:re:Re:re:Re:

.... When things go off topic, starting a new

thread defeats the point of keeping it organized and people can lose

interest. I personally think a group is an antiquated,

ineffective way to conduct separate discussions. They're not easily

organized, even in digest form, people quote and requote and requote

previous posters leaving a thread confused and unreadable in the

archives. are best for intros, announcements, and

general keeping in touch. But this is just my opinion from having

moderated several , facebook groups, ning groups, and

traditional discussion boards. I'm happy to chatter here, in private

e-mails and on the ning site, http://iowlfans.ning.com/

Cheers!

Beth

On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:14 PM, Lori wrote:

> ...as nice as it was to set up the other site, perhaps we could get

> the same effect if each time we set up a topic based on a podcast,

> we just make the heading once. Such as " PODCAST ONE: DISCUSSIONS "

> and we all stay on that thread for those discussions. That way when

> people come on to this site, they can still get some benefits from

> the chat, even if we have moved on to other podcasts. To have the

> people who really contribute to this blog, move to another site,

> seems like it will just deplete this site and that seems a abit

> unfair to all that is trying to provide her listeners. What

> do you all think? I'll be happy to do what the group chooses. Lori

>

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