From: Frederick Noronha >If the article is of medium-size, and Goa-related, then it might >be better posting the whole article... I would prefer reading it >in my email, rather than having to visit one additional site.
Response: The GoaNet plain text only diktat makes reading text tedious. It is far better to read the article in the original format. The problem used to be that connection time to the internet was slow and expensive. This has changed with universal broadband. From: Frederick Noronha >keep in mind that Goan readership is the proverbial drop >in the global ocean :-) So far, nobody has asked me to >write more because of additional hits! FN Response: A case in point: The Times of India, Goa edition made some of its local content in the web edition and the full content in the e-paper version. It failed to get reasonable hits so the e-paper facility has been withdrawn. I suggest this was at least partly due to people copying and pasting entire articles to GoaNet. FN is looking at the issue from the point of view of an information provider and it is not surprising that he wants us to read articles in their entirety. The average user is faced with information overload and want to scan info quickly and then decide which items to explore in depth. My view is based on two surveys and feedback from Goan Voice UK readers. Take the instance of the vast amount being churned out regarding the Torrado case. Newspaper articles feature each article with a description of the background to the case. This is tedious for the average GoaNet reader. It would be far better if person forwarding a link to new articles only gave a summary of the recent developments. Do you agree? Eddie Fernandes * * * Read Selma Carvalho's warmly-received book *Into the Diaspora Wilderness*, a journey through Goan life in Africa, the Gulf, England and North America ... gripping and well-told real-life stories. See http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ Buy in Goa via Broadway Book Centre, Panjim. Ph 9822488564. * * *
