> And then Lucas comes along and just effortlessly implemented it
> without splitting into separate lists or forums or whatever:
> Subject line tags!
I used to run a very active forum about CD-recording (back when that
was a hot new technology) which had a similar development cycle and
eventually ran into similar problems. We tried subject-line tagging
and it worked pretty well, but in that case it was easily enforced
because I moderated every single message before it was posted (I had
to - this was a corporate-sponsored list). It's harder to make it
stick in an unmoderated group, but is certainly worth a try,
especially if we stay on each other (politely) to do it. It's
especially useful to use very basic Mac/PC tags, so that at least Mac
and PC people can more easily ignore each others' questions about
specific software, which tend to be of zero interest to the opposite
camp (we had that problem in CD-R as well, with the Mac people
generally being unbearably smug about how easy everything was for them
<grin>).
I eventually started monthly newsletters for those who liked to get
information but did not want to wade through all the messages. I
originally wrote these myself, drawing inspiration and info from the
group. Of course, I was being paid to do it (later even had budget to
hire an editor and writers), which certainly helps! There are lots of
informative sites and articles about vlogging, a few of which are
noted on the group intro. Once upon a time we tried to be more
organized about putting more articles on videoblogging.info, and there
are quite a few on some very specific topics there.
I don't know if new members get some sort of form letter when they
join informing them of all these resources? It might be helpful to add
to that (and the group intro page on Yahoo) the suggestion than people
search the archive for specific topics before asking a question, since
some questions tend to come around and around.
If an automatic welcome message cannot be generated by Yahoo, I would
suggest that someone (um, Jay?) post one every day that we have new
members, title it "Welcome to the Group" or something so the rest of
us learn to ignore it.
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best regards,
Deirdré Straughan
www.straughan.com (personal)
www.tvblob.com (work)
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