> You're right, though, in that social media properties (especially > those who are, as DW is intended to be, geared at creative people) > are a great place for people to go to a). market themselves and b). > find other people who are doing cool things. One of the things I > *really* do want to do, relatively soon after launch, is a user-to- > user marketplace: think your local paper's classified ads section. > Artists and artisans (or even community maintainers!) can pay a small > fee, something like $2-$5 or so, to run a classified ad of so many > characters (or a small graphic ad) in a specially-designated area for > a month, and people can go browse that area by classification -- so > if you're looking for crafts, or services, or new communities, etc, > you can find them.
I like this idea, but/and there's another approach that I as a "shopper"/"audience" would like better. Myself, I'm not as interested in having a way to be introduced to new strangers -- whether through the search functionality or through a *categorical* feed of ads. I'd rather be able to subscribe/friend/watch particular *businesses* for their sales, new product announcements, etc. I have friends on my flist who are artists; I'd love to be able to receive their announcements of new pieces up for sale. But I'm not interested in subscribing to artists generally. -- Siderea _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
