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Uma Bauhaus
Renascene
Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 636
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08-29-2006 20:36
This came across Slashdot this evening:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/019245 The good stuff is in the comments. _____________________
The prophecy is true! At the end of the forums, Prok shall be born again and take the believers up to a holy forum while the sinners are forced to post comments in Linden blogs!
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Briana Dawson
Attach to Mouth
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 5,855
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08-29-2006 21:50
I like the forum -> wiki comparison. I never thought about it like that before.
Forums have always been first and formost a place for social interaction. Archived knowledge has always been, and will always be, an optional side-effect of this interaction. -Slashdot Briana Dawson _____________________
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Maxx Monde
Registered User
Join date: 14 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,848
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08-30-2006 04:47
Forums are comedy gold.
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Ingrid Ingersoll
Archived
Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
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08-30-2006 06:40
The good stuff is in the comments. "The "purely social" aspect you're referring to is known as "collaboration" and "discussion". It's how the information that ends up in a wiki is developed. Without forums, wikis wouldn't exist. And without wikis, forums slowly lose their potency under a mountain of repeated questions and discussions. It's a symbiotic relationship, not an either/or" You're right. _____________________
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Cindy Claveau
Gignowanasanafonicon
Join date: 16 May 2005
Posts: 2,008
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08-30-2006 07:27
Correct - forums are a very important piece in the informational puzzle for users, right along with wikis and blogs. None of those can do the job alone. N-O-N-E of them.
The message we're given here, however, is that the forums don't fit with the Holy Tao, and someone else can take on the icky job if they want. Lindens just wanna have blogs. Sounds like a Cyndi Lauper song. _____________________
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Cottonteil Muromachi
Abominable
Join date: 2 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,071
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08-30-2006 07:47
It is advisable to choose water-based products, rather than products containing oil or petroleum.
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Ingrid Ingersoll
Archived
Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
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08-30-2006 07:54
It is advisable to choose water-based products, rather than products containing oil or petroleum. I heard you can use apple sauce instead of oil when making muffins for moistness. _____________________
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Cottonteil Muromachi
Abominable
Join date: 2 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,071
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08-30-2006 07:58
I heard you can use apple sauce instead of oil when making muffins for moistness. I don't frequent New York that often. So I wouldn't know. |
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Ingrid Ingersoll
Archived
Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
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08-30-2006 08:17
I don't frequent New York that often. So I wouldn't know. You can get muffins pretty much anywhere these days. _____________________
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Cottonteil Muromachi
Abominable
Join date: 2 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,071
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08-30-2006 08:29
I prefer altdeutxche brotchen. They are far tastier than the american variety. I once had one of these. It gave me gas. |
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Samia Perun
Registered User
Join date: 7 Sep 2005
Posts: 111
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08-30-2006 08:40
Why have forums for an online glorified chat room?
Why not just... god forbid... use second life? |
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Cottonteil Muromachi
Abominable
Join date: 2 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,071
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08-30-2006 08:48
Where can I find a nun's habit? I think theres some online stores that sell fantasy costumes for wannabe nun's. Don't get the PVC type. They look unrealistic. |
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Cindy Claveau
Gignowanasanafonicon
Join date: 16 May 2005
Posts: 2,008
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08-30-2006 09:19
Why have forums for an online glorified chat room? Why not just... god forbid... use second life? In SL, your circle of contacts is limited by time and distance as well as individual interests. The forums are much more fluid and immediate. I've met people from the boards who I consider good friends that I would never have met (much less even known they exist) if I was limited to SL-only interaction. In SL, most of my time is occupied with managing a club, working on new content (a very solo enterprise) and attending a few interesting events, such as live concerts. The interactions there are very limited compared to who you might engage on a forum. _____________________
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Crissaegrim Clutterbuck
Dancing Martian Warlord
Join date: 9 Apr 2006
Posts: 277
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08-30-2006 09:27
You mean the forums are an ongoing town meeting for all sorts of junkies.
An open culture, in other words. And dangerous. |
