Comments on: Turning the cacophony of comments into a community http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/ The former home of Simon's blog on news, politics and e-government. Now at puffbox.com. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bing http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-21333 bing Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:10:24 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-21333 that\'s neat!a that\’s neat!a

]]> By: Sneak preview of Telegraph's reader blogs « I’m Simon Dickson. http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-7266 Sneak preview of Telegraph's reader blogs « I’m Simon Dickson. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:57:44 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-7266 [...] immediate thoughts… It’s very pretty indeed. I think it (more or less) delivers on my ‘blog of comments’ concept, with a good bit more besides. Very interesting to see the MyBlogLog-style ‘network’ [...] [...] immediate thoughts… It’s very pretty indeed. I think it (more or less) delivers on my ‘blog of comments’ concept, with a good bit more besides. Very interesting to see the MyBlogLog-style ‘network’ [...]

]]> By: Ilana http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-7255 Ilana Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:02:45 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-7255 Hey Simon Thanks very much for remembering MY Sun. The 'General' and 'Personal' blog categories are the more popular places for people to leave entries rather than 'News' as you can see on the site... but as well as being able to blog about the news, users are also able to leave comments under articles and discuss current affairs on the messageboards, too. We have some exciting plans in progress with MY Sun, so do keep watching. Ilana Hey Simon

Thanks very much for remembering MY Sun. The ‘General’ and ‘Personal’ blog categories are the more popular places for people to leave entries rather than ‘News’ as you can see on the site… but as well as being able to blog about the news, users are also able to leave comments under articles and discuss current affairs on the messageboards, too.

We have some exciting plans in progress with MY Sun, so do keep watching.

Ilana

]]> By: links for 2007-04-15 « Social Media Report http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6188 links for 2007-04-15 « Social Media Report Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:23:12 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6188 [...] Turning the cacophony of comments into a community « I’m Simon Dickson. Simon Dickson posts about attending the Daily Telegraph bloggers evening [...] [...] Turning the cacophony of comments into a community « I’m Simon Dickson. Simon Dickson posts about attending the Daily Telegraph bloggers evening [...]

]]> By: Shane Richmond http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6104 Shane Richmond Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:12:53 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6104 Hi Simon, Thanks for coming last night. It was great to meet you and so many others who had existed only as names and URLs up to that point. I can't elaborate much on what I said last night I'm afraid - mainly because the details are still being finalised. However, the changes will begin soon and will be proceed incrementally, rather than in one big bang. As soon as I can reveal more it will be on my blog. Have a good weekend, Shane Hi Simon,

Thanks for coming last night. It was great to meet you and so many others who had existed only as names and URLs up to that point.

I can’t elaborate much on what I said last night I’m afraid – mainly because the details are still being finalised. However, the changes will begin soon and will be proceed incrementally, rather than in one big bang. As soon as I can reveal more it will be on my blog.

Have a good weekend,
Shane

]]> By: SimonD http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6086 SimonD Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:06:58 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6086 CoComment does it to a certain extent Mel, although not in a way I particularly like, to be honest. But by moving it out of the Telegraph site (or wherever), you've effectively lost the connection, and hence the marketing and networking opportunities. It struck me that the attendees clearly defined themselves as 'Telegraph people', and many/most probably wouldn't have a 'blog' anywhere else. CoComment does it to a certain extent Mel, although not in a way I particularly like, to be honest. But by moving it out of the Telegraph site (or wherever), you’ve effectively lost the connection, and hence the marketing and networking opportunities. It struck me that the attendees clearly defined themselves as ‘Telegraph people’, and many/most probably wouldn’t have a ‘blog’ anywhere else.

]]> By: Mel Starrs http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6080 Mel Starrs Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:45:04 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6080 Does cocomment not do some of what you are looking for? It has the social network thing going on and collates all your comments together? For instance this one will show up under my profile :melstar73 Does cocomment not do some of what you are looking for? It has the social network thing going on and collates all your comments together? For instance this one will show up under my profile :melstar73

]]> By: SimonD http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6079 SimonD Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:29:43 +0000 http://simondickson.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/turning-the-cacophony-of-comments-into-a-community/#comment-6079 I should probably add that, shortly after writing this, I remembered The Sun's 'MYSun' - their capitalisation, not mine. But whilst it does offer readers a free blogging function (of sorts), and access to a discussion forum, it doesn't come close to what I'm proposing here. But while we're on the subject, the lists of 'most recent postings' don't suggest that MYSun's blogging platform is doing a great amount of business. Only four posts under the (predefined) heading of 'News' since the start of April... and one of them was my 'lorem ipsum' experiment. All sorts of reasons: usability, lack of serious 'blogging' features... etc. I should probably add that, shortly after writing this, I remembered The Sun’s ‘MYSun’ – their capitalisation, not mine. But whilst it does offer readers a free blogging function (of sorts), and access to a discussion forum, it doesn’t come close to what I’m proposing here.

But while we’re on the subject, the lists of ‘most recent postings’ don’t suggest that MYSun’s blogging platform is doing a great amount of business. Only four posts under the (predefined) heading of ‘News’ since the start of April… and one of them was my ‘lorem ipsum’ experiment. All sorts of reasons: usability, lack of serious ‘blogging’ features… etc.

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