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

[Joel Jaeggli]

mailing lists may be considered somewhat arcane but people have an
incredibly mature set of tools for managing their own email whereas when
you're dependant on forum software the responsbility of management is
centralized. good or bad one has to recognize the trade-off.

On 02/27/2010 09:34 PM, Ever Falling wrote:
> considering how many computers and servers we have at the space (hell, i
> have one sitting in my room not doing anything waiting for someone to
> need it, hint hint) why haven't we upgraded from the arcane mailing list
> format to a more accessible and layman-friendly forum? we can keep the
> nested style replies to keep the flavor of the format but it be less
> intimidating to new members. I'm sure there must be /something/ out
> there with the features we like (or that we can add) that's free and
> open source. the only reason i even bother using the list is because
> it's the only thing people insist on using. i haven't come across anyone
> else using a mailing list since i joined freecycle once and that shit
> was annoying.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org
> <mailto:jtfoote at ieee.org>> wrote:
> 
>     At the risk of flogging a deceased drama llama, here's a illustrative
>     example of what can go wrong using a software service like Ning:
> 
>     "How Ning made me a chump and how you can avoid it:"
>     http://www.morelightmorelight.com/2010/01/15/the-problem-with-software-as-a-service-is-you-dont-own-shit/
> 
> 
>     I think this confirms a the reservations a lot of us had about the issue
> 
> 
>     On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Noise Bridge
>     <noisebridgening at gmail.com <mailto:noisebridgening at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > A very new work in progress to work along side the existing
>     mailing list,
>     > IRC channel, and Wiki site mediums. The Noisebridge ning will be a
>     new way
>     > for NB members to easily exchange ideas and discuss projects. The
>     platform
>     > is free and simple to use (meaning if you wanna know how it ticks
>     simply
>     > make your own network and fiddle with the admin options) and
>     anonymous to
>     > join if you so choose. Please check it out and give your feedback
>     on the
>     > medium. This has been made for the sole purpose of making the
>     sharing of
>     > ideas and the collaboration of projects easier to not only the
>     newbie layman
>     > but the hardcore nerd as well. Please give your very best constructive
>     > criticism on the site and remember to be excellent to each other!
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