The comment system is simple. I listen to shows on an android phone using antennapod. If I want to comment the 'app' has a linkto the website. There you add your comment and then the hardest thing is trying to figure out what the 'p' means. I don't post shows to get a million listens, I post shows because I think it might be interesting to others. If it isn't c'est la vie. brian-in-ohio
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 9:34 AM Ken Fallon via Hpr < [email protected]> wrote: > Posting on behalf of Knightwise, and with his permission. > > https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4174/index.html > > https://archive.org/download/hpr4174/hpr4174.ogg > > On 2024-07-29 13:24, Knightwise Host of the Knightwise.com Podcast. wrote: > > I wanted to reply via the comments section to this latest show ... But I > got an error code when I posted the reply. I guess i just proved my theory > that the comment system is outdated. The fact i have to submit this via a > mailinglist is ironic at best > > First up : RESPECT: Thank you for your show. I am honored that my small > show has created so much comments and feedback. In my plea that we do not > have enough interaction, i have created more responses and response shows > than any host in the last year. > > *Going a blow by blow of your comments.* > > *** Social media = Your competitors? > 1: no, social media platforms are a way to get new listeners/hosts. > 2: the alternatives we have > - the comments field to the post: Outdated > - the mailing list: Even more outdated > - recording a show : Too big of an effort for 90% of the listeners > - the matrix channel: not even promoted on the intro/outtro. (so we > DONT even promote the ways of being a community) > > *** Listener to host conversion? I would like to do a survey on ALL our > hosts asking who RECORDED a show before ever having LISTENED to a show is > even lower then 0.01% Saying we dont need listeners to have hosts is just > plain incorrect. > > *** Value of listeners: audience and popularity ARE important. The goal of > the community is to get the tech ideas out there. Not mumble into the void. > I don't want 'likes" but i DO want to make a difference to somebody. > > *** The reserve cue = our life support system. Its a sign that we are NOT > doing the right thing to entice people to join the community and record the > show. > > *** burned out hosts: Well yes! of course hosts burn out. There is no > feedback, not community .. They are screaming into the void. If I want to > talk tech to somebody who doesn't listen, i'll ramble at my dog. > > *** Guilt by association: As the bar to contribution gets lower and lower > due to fewer hosts/shows, the risk of a show with controversial topics > rises. Being associated as a host means that you are affiliated with > whatever is put ou there. That is indeed a serious risk to somebody's > image/reputation since the internet never forgets. > > *In conclusion.* > > It seriously sounds like we are locking up the monastery and preaching the > choir. And you don't even care if anyone listens anymore. What i sense from > this episode is that we are in fact not a community, we are a monastery > that it ruled by the vocal few who stick to the course even if water is > flooding the deck. The only thing to me that will existentially change the > future of HPR is the airing of its last episode. I have done my bit for > king and country and will shortly be submitting my last response show > before signing off as a host. This isn't because you disagree with my > views, this will be because (as many before me) I feel like i'm burned out > not from tilting windmills, but from shouting into the void. > > -- > Regards, > > Ken Fallon > (PA7KEN,G5KEN)https://kenfallon.comhttps://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/mailman/listinfo/hpr >
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