PanoTools NG:
Re: Re: I just don't get Facebook...
Roger D Williams 2012-Feb-16 03:55:43
Well, I don't know whether I count as "good" or not, but I'm hooked--and in. They must have been having some kind of server problem just now when I couldn't join. You'll find me as "Roger1122."
Roger W.
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On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:01 AM, "Sacha Griffin" <#removed#> wrote:
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> Reddit comes pre-subscribed with a lot of stupid ?greddits?h forums.. AFAIK, the front page is made up of nothing but what you are subscribed with. So you can turn off all the junk if you want.
> Many reddits like ask science are simply awe inspiring. AMA (ask me anything) when the have good people can not be missed.
> Reddit is quickly sucking up all available readers for forums of any topic simply based on its strengths. I hope we can get some good people from here to there. At least to give it a try.
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> From: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] On Behalf Of panovrx
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:30 PM
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> Subject: [PanoToolsNG] Re: I just don't get Facebook...
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> I spend way too much time reading Reddit. The ask Science reddit for instance has phenomenal amounts of expertise on tap. The front page of Reddit is rather US-centric and pun obsessed imo - but the subreddits are often interesting. My feeling is that subreddits like ask Science require a lot of moderator input.
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> --- In #removed#, "Sacha Griffin" <sachagriffin@...> wrote:
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> > True. That's the shows the strength of reddit.. The noise is dramatically
> > reduced. You can scan a whole page in a few seconds and just see what
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> > For instance, for the FB group.. it was all those f'in little planets.
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> > I can't even bring myself to create them anymore.
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> > And I thought they were a fad 5 years ago.
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> > Anyway, if someone is interested in posting the first few good links or
> > helping out with moderation. Let me know.
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> > From: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] On
> > Behalf Of Roger Howard
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:13 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [PanoToolsNG] I just don't get Facebook...
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> > On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Ken Warner wrote:
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> > We all use this forum to announce or denigrate other types of forums.
> > What does that tell you?
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> > You might. The vast, vast majority of people I know, work with, and
> > socialize with, don't subscribe to any mailing lists - in fact a
> > significantly large number of people I associate with barely use email at
> > all, as it's viewed (rightly, in my judgement) a terribly limited, awkward,
> > and inflexible medium.
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> > Anyway, this *mailing list* has a lot of noise on it these days, including
> > discussions of the opinions of the relative value of other communications
> > mediums, frequent debates about platforms, and other discussions with only
> > the most tenuous connection to the stated purpose of the forum. I would
> > agree, not every medium is right for everyone - it's often generational and
> > cultural - but to suggest that those mediums are not valuable is entirely
> > self-centered. But mailing lists are hardly the end-all-be-all of social
> > communications mediums.
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> > If you think Twitter is just for following Bieber, and Facebook is all about
> > fending off requests from people you left behind when you graduated high
> > school, you use them differently than I do.
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