Re: tech discussion
Subject: Re: tech discussion
From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: 11/19/10, 17:47
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Questions & comments about the schematic document:

The probationary period--is this for novice bloggers?  The start-up writers (Allison, Todd, Hastings, Juan Cole et al.) are exempt from this, right?  What if, after we have been up for a while, Glenn Greenwald expresses an interest in joining?  (Or more realistic examples are ones that have actually come up recently, such as Jeff Jarvis or Andrew Exxum.)  Seems like effrontery (and what would be the purpose?) to put such established figures through probation.

"Unable to communicate with anyone"  --  sounds like Coventry at boarding school, what actually is meant?

In general, I worry about making the network unattractive to the writers we most want.

The notion of certifying bloggers seems presumptuous.  Maybe it's the term.  Instead: "Our stats show the network members like to read posts by these colleagues: [list]."

Barrett, don't risk being tagged ten years hence as the guy who had the blogger certification scheme.  This is about information access, not rating writers.

I'll send more thoughts as I have them.

Clark




On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
In an hour or so I will leave for home and once there I will try give you a couple of thoughts on the blogger network schematic, and in the coming week I should have time to go over various things I have read about HFC and pick out statements that capture usable ideas to consider putting into the two page proposal.

Clark


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Just to keep you updated, Scott, Campbell, Tim, and Sundeep and I just had a conference call to flesh out some details on both networks and otherwise get everyone on the same page; went for a couple hours and pretty much covered everything, so the software group now has enough info to start actually programming. I'm going to do a five-ten minute presentation for YouTube regarding the schematic which I think will do a better job of explaining its value as I'll be using my dry erase board to give a visual representation and will send you the link when it's done.

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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