Comments on: RSSing Comment Conversations - II http://kenfinity.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/rssing-comment-conversations-ii/ Infinite Range of Vision Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:10:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: gaizabonts http://kenfinity.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/rssing-comment-conversations-ii/#comment-775 gaizabonts Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:41:30 +0000 http://kenfinity.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/rssing-comment-conversations-ii/#comment-775 @Michele: Thank you. I see where you are coming from, and this problem is <i>deeper</i> than imagined. Incorporating other networks (FB and Ning, and such) makes it even more complicated. I guess, the 'human aspect' isn't going away for a while. This needs some work! :) @Michele: Thank you. I see where you are coming from, and this problem is deeper than imagined. Incorporating other networks (FB and Ning, and such) makes it even more complicated. I guess, the ‘human aspect’ isn’t going away for a while.

This needs some work! :)

]]> By: Michele Martin http://kenfinity.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/rssing-comment-conversations-ii/#comment-762 Michele Martin Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:47:12 +0000 http://kenfinity.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/rssing-comment-conversations-ii/#comment-762 I like this graphic, Atul and it's moving us closer--the level thing is definitely helpful. One problem I see is the issue of trackbacks and using that as the mechanism for notifying when another post comes up. I know that for myself I'm often terrible about pinging other sites. And I also know that often I don't get trackbacks submitted when someone references my site--I find them through my Technorati feed or Google Alerts. So there would have to be some other mechanism for notifying when subsequent posts have been made. I don't think we can rely on the pings. The other thought I have is that these conversations take place not just on blogs, but in other places as well. The original discussion about facilitating conversations between bloggers actually began in our Ning community and then I posted it on my blog. There was some good stuff said in that Ning conversation that doesn't necessarily get added to the larger discussion. I think that as more and more of us are using multiple online channels for discussion (including networks, forums, Twitter, etc.) it would make sense if we could find a way to tie ALL of that together into a coherent whole. It may go back to what Beth Kanter is saying--that this is where human "weavers" come into play. We're the ones who have to monitor and synthesize. Although I'd still love to find a way for technology to make my monitoring easier. :-) I like this graphic, Atul and it’s moving us closer–the level thing is definitely helpful.

One problem I see is the issue of trackbacks and using that as the mechanism for notifying when another post comes up. I know that for myself I’m often terrible about pinging other sites. And I also know that often I don’t get trackbacks submitted when someone references my site–I find them through my Technorati feed or Google Alerts. So there would have to be some other mechanism for notifying when subsequent posts have been made. I don’t think we can rely on the pings.

The other thought I have is that these conversations take place not just on blogs, but in other places as well. The original discussion about facilitating conversations between bloggers actually began in our Ning community and then I posted it on my blog. There was some good stuff said in that Ning conversation that doesn’t necessarily get added to the larger discussion. I think that as more and more of us are using multiple online channels for discussion (including networks, forums, Twitter, etc.) it would make sense if we could find a way to tie ALL of that together into a coherent whole.

It may go back to what Beth Kanter is saying–that this is where human “weavers” come into play. We’re the ones who have to monitor and synthesize. Although I’d still love to find a way for technology to make my monitoring easier. :-)

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