Re: [Cz-L] Listserv technology v blog?

I agree with Jerome. Our Synagogue has a blog, but no one I know
bothers opening it.
Frieda
--- jerome schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Helen....
>
> Interesting idea... but hard to see what problem we would be
> solving
> by moving to a blog format.
>
> A blog, is at it's best as an individual bully pulpit for
> broadcasting
> information and opinions of the blogger. Yes, It allows
> commentary
> from others, but at the pleasure of the blogger. A good
> outlet for
> those that have the need to be heard. Not such a good outlet
> for
> distributing information to a group of researchers.
>
> The listserv is basically a peer to peer network where
> everyone
> receives everything, and everyone is equal. It is a 'push'
> technology
> -- that is: you get it without asking for it. You have to do
> something
> to not get it (remove yourself from the list).
>
> The blog is a 'pull' technology -- you need to go there to get
> it,
> each and every time. If you do nothing, you get nothing.
>
> There are over 330 researchers on this list. Probably 15
> percent are
> regular posters, but yet the others are interested enough in
> what goes
> on not to remove themselves. And, they do occasionally
> contribute.
> What would happen to that 85% if they had to 'pull' the
> information?
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:17:31 -0800, Helene Ryding
> <hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Dear Czernowitzers and others following this list
> >
> > As someone trying to trace my father's history (it seems he
> grew up
> > in Czernowitz before the First World War but moved to
> Brussels
> > between the wars and the UK after the Second World War) I am
> finding
> > it fascinating to receive these bulletins regularly.
> >
> > However, this listserv technology is really old fashioned
> and makes
> > it difficult to follow the discussion. Could I suggest that
> it
> > would be a great improvement to move to a blog format, where
> the
> > comments could be added directly to the original subject
> matter, it
> > is easier to add photos etc, search the archives etc. It
> would
> > still be possible to send out an email newsletter with
> regular
> > updates.
> >
> > It seems there is quite a lot of collaborative working going
> on, and
> > it would be good to see it all in more or less the same
> place for
> > easy access.
> >
> > I am happy to help if people agree this is a good idea. Lest
> anyone
> > think I am some young techie, I am 60 and you can find my
> own blog
> > together with pages of photos of my father in Czernowitz and
>
> > Brussels here: <http://kosmyryk.typepad.com/wu_wei>.
> >
> >
> > Dr Helene Ryding
> > UK Mobile: +44 7738116899
> > Georgia Mobile +995 (8) 95 210 215
> > Email work: hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk
> >
>
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Received on 2008-01-12 22:24:41