[Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment

[Brian Gray]

The other problem is the messages are cross-posted to many lists, and often
the posts are not relevant to all the topics of those lists. I get sometimes
more than 6 copies of the same post (which I can filter out easily enough
using my email application) but than every list is disrupted by the
complaint threads that the posts are irrelevant.

I do not mind the posts as much as I wish Gerry would only post things
relevant to the definition of the lists he posts.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case.edu


On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:33 PM, C Ward Price <cprice55 at ivytech.edu> wrote:

> I receive the posts leading back to the blog sites on three separate
> lists, which no doubt makes it seem like they are more frequent than
> they really are.  So that's not really a problem.
>
> Sometimes the messages interest me, more often they do not.  But that
> just reflects my particular interests; there are other announcements and
> threads that don't interest me, either.  So that's not really a problem.
>
> The list is notified whenever the blogger starts a new blog.  The list
> members are also asked to provide information to help the blogger with
> his research, articles, conference presentations, etc., but that's not
> really a problem.
>
> The blogger announces his presentations to the list.  That's annoying.
> I'm sure many members of the list publish and present.  The list owner
> no doubt is in high demand for conferences, but he doesn't advertise all
> his speaking engagements.  (I'll guess that the blogger credits all the
> help he receives from list members in his articles and presentations,
> but I haven't read or seen any of them.)
>
> The blogger links back to his blog in his messages to the list.  That's
> a problem for me.  If he has written something of interest and mentions
> the source, I want to go to the source.  I don't want to have to go
> through the blog posting, which is essentially the same as the message
> to the list, to find the link to the original source.  Since the blogger
> has the link to the source in his blog, he could include it on his
> messages to the list.  Since he doesn't, I tend to agree that his
> messages are self-promoting.
>
> If the blogger's list messages were considerably shorter, with a line
> that said "For more information, see [his appropriate bog] or The
> Original Source [link to the source]", that would considerably lessen
> the problems.
>
> Ward Price, Librarian
> Ivy Tech Community College, Northeast
> 3800 N. Anthony Blvd
> Fort Wayne IN 46805
> (260) 480-2033
> cprice55 at ivytech.edu
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of gerrymck
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:02 PM
> To: Richard Wiggins
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment
>
> Dick/
>
> We all thave he option of blocking any individual, but your statements
> are
> not correct
>
> 1] I am an active contributor but >>> I do not post every hour nor every
> day
>
> Check The Web4Lib Archives
>
> [ http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/search/index.cgi]
>
> 2] My postings are not self-promotion; On the contrary > My postings
> highlight the work of others ...
>
> 3] The root source of my postings (i.e., my blog entries) is as valid
> source
> as any
>
> 4] While one might expect that a posting to an e-list might generate
> discussion, a majority of my psotings are informational > Use or Delete
> Or
> ???
>
> 5] This Is The 21st Century
>
> Withh All Due Respect !
>
> /Gerry
>
> c: Web4Lib
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Richard Wiggins
> <richard.wiggins at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > For the first time in decades of following mailing lists, I for one am
> > filtering all posts from someone -- specifically gerrymck -- from now
> on.
> >
> > This relentless, daily -- sometimes hourly -- self-promotion is not
> > appropriate for Web4lib, or any public forum.  A discussion list is a
> place
> > to discuss, not to republish your blog.
> >
> > /rich
> >
> >   On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:22 PM, gerrymck
> <gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >>  Mobenzi is a software service that empowers people to earn money by
> >> completing simple tasks on their mobile phones.
> >>
> >> The Concept
> >>
> >> Links To Source / How Mobenzi Works / News Coverage / Etc. Available
> At
> >>
> >> [ http://tinyurl.com/yeogj25 ]
> >>
> >> And/Or
> >>
> >> [
> >>
> >>
> http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2010/01/mobenzi-mobile-phone-based-
> empowerment.html<http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2010/01/mobenzi-mobile-phone-based-%0Aempowerment.html>
> >> ]
> >>
> >> /Gerry
> >>
> >> Gerry McKiernan
> >> Associate Professor
> >> Science and Technology Librarian
> >> Iowa State University Library
> >> Ames IA 50011
> >>
> >> Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs
> >>
> >> >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>>
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> >>
> >
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