When you guys are talking about LiveJournal and Facebook being only
replying to something the page owner posted.. you are completely
forgetting about the 'community page' option! I know Lj has community
pages, I've been moderator on a couple (though pretty inactive). and I'm
on a few FB community pages as well. Anyone can post without it having
to be a reply - which means that anyone can start a thread that others
can reply/comment on.
I'm not on LiveJournal (Lj) much these days, it seems to be having a
whole lot of problems and may be dying since the Russians bought it, but
I do a lot on Facebook.
It can be a little awkward trying to carry on multiple threads, but it
can be done. For example: suppose there's a group on 18th cent women's
clothes on Facebook (FB). A member makes a comment about stays. 18
people make follow-up comments! they are all kept together with the
original question as a big block! after a few replies, FB will only show
maybe the last 2 or 3 comments and everything in between you have to
click to view. But, someone else can make a post about whether to wear
your corset in view or not (believe me, I've seen it at public events,
and before Steampunk - they thought the shortgown was optional) and
people making tons of replies. If you then go to the community page, you
will see both original posts and the last comment or two and can choose
which thread you want to go in and comment on (or both). So you can
still see the discussions, but they are kept contained for easier
following. No, there will not be a lot on the page at one time
(depending on how busy the posting is), but there is a link at the
bottom of the page for 'older posts' and you can click through that.
If someone sets the rules for the community page that no OT discussions
will be allowed (no talking about your pets, unless you are putting
historic clothes on them, or about your plumbing...) then you keep it
that way.
It's just done all on the web instead of by email. YOu can even make
your community page locked down and 'secret' so someone can only join if
invited, and it won't show up on a search - some groups like that.
-Judy Mitchell
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