::fibreculture:: Re: posting guidelines

[dan at possumpalace.org]

just thinking about strategies to address the "information overload" we all 
seem to be in the throes of. Maybe old-school mailing lists are getting past 
their useby datem like the Usenet they replaced?

There's also something to be said for hybrids of lists and forums - sites 
where the forum discussions are mirrored in the mailing lists and vice 
verse. This allows a diversity of dynamics, and means of accessing. One 
list/forum which does this is drupalart http://www.drupalart.org/ - if their 
list hypothetically reaches high volume, rather than accessing it as email, 
you can read it using information aggregating tools such as RSS. Email lists 
aren't nearly as susceptible to automatic information aggregation. whcih is 
why I file most of them is the "read in the improbable future" mailbox. 
Present company excepted, of course. drupalart, however, I can get an 
aotmatically summarised and updated version of it to skim, any time, AND it 
doesn't clog my inbox.

---dan()




On 8/26/05, Alexia Fry <afr at deakin.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> ...
> Is the utilisation of different 'civic' means of electronic
> communication (forums, elists, blogs) a selection criteria for
> audience type, participation and social/ structural dynamics (such as
> tempo)?
> ...


*Somaya Langley <SLangley at nla.gov.au> then said*

> For myself it's mainly a matter of information overload. In this case I
> tend to think less can be more. Plus, I have to say that working in a
> library environment where there is so much information available -
> especially of the digital kind - tends to push me in the direction of
> searching out authoratitive/quality information over quantity.
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