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

Hi, Folks,
I fully agree with Jerome's view. Let's not make unnecessary experiments.
Most of my generation's Czernowitzers don't know anything about blogs, don't
know how to use it and I really don't see the advantages of switching such a
new territory... I don't see any alternative to the way how our List is
managed and operated and approriate to the needs of our members.
Regards, Abraham K.
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From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
To: <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 11:30 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Re: Listserv v blog


> Hi Helene....
>
> Our listserv has an associated website which contains over 15,000
> files of which maybe 2000 or more are photographs. One section of the
> site is the 'Archives' which has all the messages of this group by
> year, and searchable by Author, Date, Thread, etc. The website is at:
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com Just choose 'Cz-L Archives' from the menu
> on the left.
>
> Many scholars are members of this list and many more from outside the
> list have made use of the website for academic research in various
> fields.
>
> The website and the listserv have evolved two separate but linked
> entities, which allows the flexibility needed in making available a
> huge amount of diverse genealogical material without having
> disturbing advertising or space limitations.
>
> My opinion of blogs is _mostly_ as you've ascribed to me: trivial
> forums for exhibitionists, exploiters, conspiracy theorists, political
> ranters, and the lonely, who find in blogging an outlet for their
> frustrations or ambitions. This is not a 'bad' thing as such; and it
> is not to say there are no worthwhile blogs. I guess I just don't like
> the top down broadcast model of discourse for serious work.
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:58:44 -0800, Helene Ryding
> <hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear Jerome
>>
>> Thanks for your interest in my idea and the response.
>>
>> I take it when you mention researchers you mean people interested in
>> family histories (like me) rather than academic researchers. That means
>> people without much specialist knowledge who are interested in finding
>> things out and who consequently need some way to find out what has gone
>> before in the areas they are interested in. I personally don't find the
>> listserv format particularly helpful, as it doesn't gather messages
>> together in threads so it is easy to follow the discussion over several
>> emails, or have an index of previous material. Perhaps I am missing
>> something.
>>
>> I take your point that a blog by an individual is controlled by an
>> individual and the information provided is at the mercy of the
>> individual. This seems to assume that blogs are somehow only for
>> trivial usage by individuals who are either exploitative or
>> exhibitionist. That seems to have a rather pessimistic view of human
>> nature.
>>
>> But many blogs have serious aims, especially to share knowledge and
>> promote discussion of particular topics. They can have several well
>> informed authors, who moderate in the same way I believe listserv has
>> moderators, and contribute their own material, on which anyone is free
>> to comment. So the non-regular contributors would have no difficulty
>> adding material to a topic they found interesting. It would be easy to
>> search the archives on the blog for material. I don't know how to do
>> that on listserv. It's hard for an outsider like myself to identify who
>> the regular contributors are, or to know how many other people are on
>> the list. It was interesting to know the statistics you provided.
>>
>> Now that blogs have RSS and email subscriptions, information comes
>> automatically to anyone who wants it too, so once it is on the blog, it
>> too is a push technology. Neither of these is harder to set up than the
>> listserv subscription. So I don't think your point on this is valid.
>>
>> Let's see what other people think.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Helene
>>
>
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