I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I've been the admin for at least 50 Groups over the past 5 years. The 10 groups that made the decision to move to wikis, forums, Tangler (which is a chatty forum), Skype rooms and other things died. Died. 100%. No more group. What was once a lively conversation in the (admittedly imperfect) Google Group is history. There is something about Google Groups that persists. Don't know what it is. Sure, the interface is crap. People repeat the same darned questions over and over. But we keep talking. And gathering people. And starting threads. Not saying there isn't something better out there...just that better isn't always better. T p.s. this is coming from someone who hates routine, loves change and embraces chaos for a living. I just don't want our beautiful group to die like those that went before this...heart breaking. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Eastlake <r...@shamrockdesign.com> wrote: > Well, I'm a bit of a rookie here, so take this with a grain of salt, > but here's where my impression comes from: > > First, I chose not to get emails from the group ... the last thing I > need are more emails that I have to wade through. So I come to the > group site to check things out when I want to, but otherwise leave > everything there. > > That being said, this thread got 11 responses the same day it was > posted, and then 7 more the next day. That was Feb. 9 and Feb. 10. > Since then, there was only one more post on Feb. 16 until I (and you) > posted to it today. So, you have to admit, after two days of a lot of > interest, it appears now that this post is old news and I just wasn't > sure if the topic was now dead or not. For all I know, someone else > may have started a new thread that relates to the topic, but I > wouldn't have seen that thread. > > My experience with forums is that you don't lose these kinds of > conversations this way ... a new post puts the thread back at the top, > and there's an organized way to look through topics, which is a great > way to research. This seems particularly helpful to new people (like > myself) so we can get up to speed much quicker, and participate in a > more relevant way. If I can read up on "beginner" topics, then I > don't have to ask the same questions everyone before me asked. If I > want to spend more time researching anything more in depth, I can get > up to speed with everyone else so far on the topic within a day or two > (or maybe even just an hour or two). > > Also, when I recently posted some questions, I only got one posted > response, and now my thread has been pushed down to irrelevancy ... > very quickly, it seems. > > I appreciate and respect that this discussion format through email > allows people more of an instant conversation with eachother on a > topic, but I just wish it were categorized and organized a little > better so each thread would remain relevant longer and I could more > easily find and read what I want to. > > Again, I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds on the issue, as I am > still a newbie to the group and to coworking in general ... > > On Mar 29, 11:37 am, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Eastlake <r...@shamrockdesign.com> > wrote: > > > Can we give google any feedback requesting that they add a forum > > > feature to their group functions? I'm surprised they don't offer it > > > already ... > > > > > Has this discussion gone anywhere since Feb. 16 that I'm unaware of? > > > > Just curious -- why would you think there was activity on this thread > > that doesn't appear in the group message listing? > > > > -- > > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > > twitter: @hassan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Company: Shwowp (http://www.shwowp.com) Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
