-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-09-16 01:29, lostnbronx wrote: > I know this may seem heretical, but I'm not entirely convinced that > there IS a problem here, except in the area of running out of shows > (which is always a danger). I mean, what exactly IS a community > podcast? To my way of mind, it's a show where listeners are free to > contribute, with no (or few) restrictions. That describes HPR right > now. > > The issue I believe we're really talking about is how to get more > voices on the show. That's a very worthy discussion to have, but I > don't think it represents a crisis. It's similar discussions we've > had in the past about how to get more women or girls to contribute; > how to get more minorities involved; how to get "non-techie" people to > make shows; etc. In other ords, how to be more inclusive. We > reexamine these issues, and return to them time and again, the way a > dynamic community of people should. > > I don't believe we have a different problem here than we've ever have. > Yes, there have been a lot of eps from just a few voices lately -- but > has the show seen a loss of subscribers because of it? If not, then > the silent majority does not mind. Why, I remember years past when > Klaatu had at least one show up per week -- he was podcasting demon -- > but no one complained, because everyone loves his content. If > anything, that kind of stability gained us subscribers. I agree with you up to this point, although I personally am more concerned about how many benefited from the shows, over the number of subscribers we have.
> > So long as people feel they CAN participate in this great community, > then we're doing what we should. This means we always encourage them > to participate IF THEY WANT TO. They don't have to, and should never > feel pressured to. They owe us nothing. They listen to us. They > give us their time and attention. Those are NOT small things -- > really, they're the most important things in the world, and they give > them up for free. For your work with Cavalcade Audio you are correct, although I would argue that even there there is the onus to contribute if not financially, well then with feedback. On HPR it's a different story and it's where the words "community podcast" comes in. I made the analogy of a Ted Talk versus a Bar Camp, or a Lecture versus a show and tell, or a Traditional Irish Music Recital versus a Trad Session in the pub. There are different expectations with regard to participation. There is no "they" there is only "us". We all contribute shows so yes "they" do owe "us" a show because we are all in this together. > > So long as HPR's listeners continue to know that they are always > welcome, a few of them here and there will inevitably feel the crazy > urge to record their thoughts and add them to the queue. And when it > happens, no matter how seldom, we know that the system we've built is > working. In my opinion that's the very definition of a community > podcast, and HPR is walking the walk. > > -LnB Remember that the people who submit the filler slots also have a right to participate only IF THEY WANT TO. Have you not heard the shows where people say, "I'm putting this out because we're a little short of shows at the moment" ? It's probably easy to miss because of the quality of the shows. That for me is the crisis point, where someone has had to rush a show to get it up on time. Sure I have a list of contributors I know I can hit up for a quick show if needed, but it would be good if it was the exception rather than the rule. Just have a look at red line the graph http://hackerpublicradio.org/images/hprstats.png Every time it goes under 5 we start to plan for filler shows. I would like for the community to collectively come up with a plan to spread the load. - -- Regards, Ken Fallon http://kenfallon.com http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV+LYkAAoJECO2jUN3MRFpmP0P/A9/8AWMZLL1T0eyX0UEUrT1 EDimHUUtShtF4L6ylj44IM66enUizN47o2bIqCquxJ1HGeZA4nuks6kKBtx3ZYqP 5+rw4E8MhVZ2qOC4tCoOZcwRoCoQTSQ8GiktP8w5LKBVW2jU7teNt34HUb9O6I8Q aISNbaAYf+CdCcGY9tW6aT9An5NTJjN9OMM85tv9lhh5oTBoD9SkRQ0BfNHxTAEG qpGAG+14tFonl8hBY51e70n/5EYLw8uothiKdYXk1hoyz+G1I4KWh4PD/KN+jvLL natv66szJuOuw9o3GFJrDMXuQvPCXwMkrLMyCqnVbIlnnTO/rpJEmQVM8n+yRPWE 4pf4XaXmThTawBosAbzh9aU9jLB4AzakyUMLhqDRHisf6suqlq9tkb9BBghpDlrF EktJC8HeaT654J2leAW7QvfK8OJFmNlPlt2f+uHAEskV6PRcmMd/m+aoNV1XKXKX vKhvJKGF4vjXmhbshHAD+OHsaLJyQJoLmTJC9CfOmJX8DsTGYDhzmmMbnEzmT7dX kskb4WosJa7fAgT60WX13DNraQGFpe61m0lO3b3wMpNZb4BHPLQZDwJL4wxiIh81 gqyhpwNQANOUXQcxdrxrBYqBoc3eRz7+q9BJtrkoL29+oJvgJvjITr2SgordIBq7 dQ97oIiFzIDRJGt75w2d =yXtS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
