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Is It Better To Migrate To A Social Network?
Started by Diego, 22-Feb-2009 20:20
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Posted 26 April 2009 - 19:46
That's an easier question to answer from the outside, as one who does not perform the upkeep; (particularly of a free site).
My vote is to retain the site and the forum.
There is a concern that soc-net sites collect and sell member data -- to whom (?) i don't know -- but personnel departments, credit and insurance companies could all have useful, though not legitimate, interest in peoples' online trails. This beyond of course, the relatively harmless research&development / marketing&advertising crews. I know for certain that at least one site will serve a variety of third-party cookies to those whose browsers will allow them.
Bear in mind that it is a busy and consolidating world, and to the subject of the study of the ancient past people may come and go; but there is some merit to being small among the large, old among the new.
To deter auto-spamming, a blurry-letter-box could be added to confirm that a human is posting, rather than a machine.
The forums might also be made more welcoming by placing a limit on how many last-words a member can maintain over the previous (however long) on threads they did not initiate.
My vote is to retain the site and the forum.
There is a concern that soc-net sites collect and sell member data -- to whom (?) i don't know -- but personnel departments, credit and insurance companies could all have useful, though not legitimate, interest in peoples' online trails. This beyond of course, the relatively harmless research&development / marketing&advertising crews. I know for certain that at least one site will serve a variety of third-party cookies to those whose browsers will allow them.
Bear in mind that it is a busy and consolidating world, and to the subject of the study of the ancient past people may come and go; but there is some merit to being small among the large, old among the new.
To deter auto-spamming, a blurry-letter-box could be added to confirm that a human is posting, rather than a machine.
The forums might also be made more welcoming by placing a limit on how many last-words a member can maintain over the previous (however long) on threads they did not initiate.
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Posted 11 June 2009 - 19:30
Hello I have not been much active as of late and the reason surely is that I have gone through a rather anti-intellectual period.
But in any case, social networks are not for me: I have not even ever tried to use them and snubbed all invitations so far. The only time I had to search for something in Twitter I could not find it, as it was all like a list of unorganized messages without any order. That's not for me, sincerely - though maybe I'm speaking out of ignorance only.
But in any case, social networks are not for me: I have not even ever tried to use them and snubbed all invitations so far. The only time I had to search for something in Twitter I could not find it, as it was all like a list of unorganized messages without any order. That's not for me, sincerely - though maybe I'm speaking out of ignorance only.
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Posted 9 July 2009 - 08:46
The only time I had to search for something in Twitter I could not find it, as it was all like a list of unorganized messages without any order
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Posted 23 July 2009 - 21:42
Most users ever online was 1,617 on 11 July 2009, 15:32
aside from the daily spammers postings seem to have hit an all time low.
PeteG
aside from the daily spammers postings seem to have hit an all time low.
PeteG
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 04:14
Maybe it's too focused, you know. There is not enough variety of subjects. Maybe if it had sections to post on other archaeology that is not Megalithism, for example...
Certainly that's something I miss from the beginning. You can now reply to Diego in the archaeonews section but there is nowhere where you can post on, say, the intriguing death of Shanidar 3 or the meteorite that apparently killed the North American megafauna 13,000 years ago (just to mention two news items that have called my attention recently).
My 2 cents.
Certainly that's something I miss from the beginning. You can now reply to Diego in the archaeonews section but there is nowhere where you can post on, say, the intriguing death of Shanidar 3 or the meteorite that apparently killed the North American megafauna 13,000 years ago (just to mention two news items that have called my attention recently).
My 2 cents.
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 12:19
Pete G, on 23 July 2009, 16:42, said:
Most users ever online was 1,617 on 11 July 2009, 15:32
aside from the daily spammers postings seem to have hit an all time low.
PeteG
aside from the daily spammers postings seem to have hit an all time low.
PeteG
Some of those postings are (i think) good
[ e.g. The lunar synodic:sidereal ratio's (perhaps coincidental) appearance as the Stonehenge Main Ring's inner and outer diameter ; (with diagram) ]
good enough to keep
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