[Web4lib] Content announcements (WAS: Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based Empowerment)

[Jonathan Bloy]

Andrew's below email sums up my feelings as well.

Please keep posting your informative, monthly announcement Walt.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Hankinson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:36 AM
> To: web4lib
> Subject: [Web4lib] Content announcements (WAS: Mobenzi > Mobile-Phone-Based
> Empowerment)
> 
> Sorry Walt, no offense intended. I was actually trying to illustrate
> what I thought was a very good way of making content announcements. I
> think your Cites & Insights posts are a fantastic example of how large
> chunks of content (a journal, a blog, etc.) can be sent to the list
> with minimal intrusion.
> 
> In this case, what I'm particularly objecting to is the constant
> barrage of e-mails, almost daily, announcing a new post. I would
> certainly have no problem if Gerry were to compile his posts into a
> monthly digest and send them out. The content isn't the problem; it's
> the volume of it along with the (almost blatant) need to drive visits
> to his site. (His e-mail announcing his traffic yesterday is a telling
> example of what he thinks about this list: Eyeballs & mouse-clicks.)
> 
> Please don't remove Web4Lib from your monthly announcements. It's a
> valuable service to the community, and you have been respectful of
> people's inboxes while still providing valuable content. I just wish
> others would exercise the same restraint.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> On 2-Feb-10, at 10:38 AM, Walt Crawford wrote:
> 
> > I feel the need to offer two comments:
> >
> > 1. There is no such thing as a weekly digest of Cites & Insights
> > emails. Cites & Insights is a monthly ejournal (sometimes slightly
> > more than monthly), and I *currently* send an announcement of each
> > issue to Web4Lib. It's not at all an aggregation of blog posts.
> > (Andrew may be thinking of Current Cites--but, in fact, that's also
> > monthly and not a "digest" or aggregation of blog posts.)
> >
> > 2. Since there's a dislike for announcements--one I partially share--
> > I'll remove Web4Lib from the monthly announcement list. If you want
> > to be informed of new issues of Cites & Insights, sign up for my
> > blog (Walt at Random, http://walt.lishost.org) or the single-purpose
> > announcement blog (C&I Alerts, http://cical.blogspot.com). I was
> > going to *ask* whether I should remove the Web4Lib announcement, but
> > it's probably the right thing to do.
> >
> > -walt crawford-