through gmail. I don't know if the list has become unmanagable because
it consists of more people than the human brain can handle, but maybe
some guidelines Maybe it would be useful to propose some guidelines
for posting.
For example, in this post alone, I counted the at least seven
different topics, including the original; the Tipping Point proposes a
maximum of 150 people in a cohesive social group: we should split the
list; there should be a forum; members should practice civility; some
people use gmail to view the conversation; iTunes may be thwarting
independent videoblog and podcast producers; a link to the common
patterns in online communities. It would be helpful (especially for
those using gmail) if the topics of replies matched the subject of the
original message.
Another thing I've noticed is that some people post multiple messages
in very short periods of time. Sorry to pick on you, Michael, but you
started the topic with a post at 10:46am, then posted again at 11:59am
and 1:42pm. If everyone who posts waits 24 hours before replying again
on a subject, maybe we'd see some different viewpoints. This may be
difficult, as the list changes so much in 24 hours that the subject
you were discussing the previous day may be old and feel like
yesterday's news by the time you discuss it again. Maybe this is
another undesireable quality of online communication.
In Saving Digital History, Jason Scott says the golden age is when you
first started using something (http://tinyurl.com/cosp3, 28:00). For
example, for Jay and Peter, the golden age of the list was when it was
first started, very small, with a group of their immediate friends.
For others who joined in November, it is when there were 30-40 regular
vloggers who posted often. For those who joined a few months ago, it
was when E.L. Woody was making a stink (I remember reading an Anti
blog post that said he thought it was cool E.L. was mixing things up
on the list). So I think that rather than changing drastically a few
weeks ago, I think the list has been in a status of constant change,
and will continue to be.
As for an answer, I've been meaning to summarize the list everyday on
videoblogging.info. However, as this would be an entirely volunteer
effort, I keep procrastinating...
--Yves
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