[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge has a (potentially) newcommunication medium: The Noisebridge ning network!

[Noise Bridge]

i listed the problems and solutions on the thread i linked earlier. irc is
too conversational for detailed, archived, discussions (unless you wanna
sift through a chatlog and /try/ to figure out who was responding to who.).
the mailing list is too convoluted and can get annoying to those who only
wish to follow a few topics within a mailing list and are instead bombarded
with topics they're not interested in. yes the lists have archives but their
a pain to follow and find relevant information quickly as there's no real
search function unless you download a whole months worth of threads IF the
info is even in that month. i've had friends wonder if noisebridge had a
forum and when i explained the mailing list to them they found it to be far
less user friendly than a regular forum. the wiki, though good for storing
information and project summaries, is not meant for discussions. wiki's are
only ever good for encyclopedia building on specific topics, not
collaborative discussions.

again. i don't know how to run a forum. even if i did, and even though
there'd be free hardware to host it on and software to run on that hardware,
it's no where near as secure as on such a large site as the ning. you'd need
a significant botnet to bring down the entire site for only one network
within it. plus, if the tools for building a forum are all out there and
easy to put together why has no one done it? i'm actually taking the
initiative and presenting a fully made forum to be used now and i'm even
willing to allow the BoD know who i am and give them admin control so they
can manage the platform.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>wrote:

> All these other issues aside, I'm not seeing a very good argument for using
> this.  It sounds like a solution in need of a problem to me.  I am not
> seeing any functionality in that site that might need that we don't already
> have.
>
> We can host whatever we want as we've had a lot of stuff donated, so choose
> carefully, based on need, exactly which non-controlled-by-noisebridge
> services we use.  Each has a very specific use case driven by a real need.
> I'm just not seeing any need that we have to use ning.
>
> I'm sure it's a very nice service.  I fail to see what it will buy us,
> though, except one more thing for members to have to keep up on to know
> what's going on.
>
> Christie
> _______
> Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of
> the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Noise Bridge <noisebridgening at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> to the concerns about my trustworthiness would it be acceptable to give
>> full admin rights to the BoD's? the full admin abilities mirror the creators
>> abilities in all but three respects: the ability to have the final say on
>> removing and altering powers of any admin rank created, the ability to
>> purchase premium services (like getting rid of the ads or adding special
>> featrues), and the 'delete network' button. I'm also willing to divulge my
>> identity solely to the BoD's on the condition they don't repeat it if this
>> helps the community feel that the site is more trustworthy to use.
>>
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