Topics:
- Blured line between publisher, poster. Where does liability lie?
- Libel issues
No blogging in schools issue - Supreme requires filters on school computers; what's going to happen with blogs is tbd dependent on congressional decisions and judicial rule.
Areas to be discussed:
- copyright
- libel
Service providers are not responsible for libel.
Making decisions about what you want your space to be impacts your right. For example, a journalism site has different rights than an ISP site.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
BlogHer: Check it Out
These are a set of links that were suggested to me in passing. Check 'em out...
Latina Lista
http://hollabackboston.blogspot.com/
Kaboodle
http://media-slaves.blogspot.com/
Copy Blogger
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Latina Lista
http://hollabackboston.blogspot.com/
Kaboodle
http://media-slaves.blogspot.com/
Copy Blogger
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BlogHer Session 1 Break Out - How to conceptualize a community blog
Facilitators notes:
onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com
Questions to ask yourself in conceputualizing:
* How will I recruit people to blog on the site?
- Pay people?
- Get one or two role models to get things started?
- Consistent
In any community you have to know "What's the purpose?"
- for individual?
- for community?
Both are equally important.
Examples of "purpose" -
- connect to other people with similar
- get things off your chest (how do you make it 'safe' for people contributing content without negative consequence?)
Some people have their individual needs met by a message board, but it doesn't necessarily foster community...Is this true or a false assumption? In general, they are topic or conversation based. In contrast community blogging generally more
"What is the pattern and the need of the community?"
* What are the expectations of the user? Do they want comments or do they simply want to put out their ideas.
Always talk to the community that we expect to participate in the web. Do this over time because it often changes over time.
* What is our (hosting person or org) committment to the community? Is the community aware of what it is?
* How do you listen to the community in different ways to know what direction to take it?
- Ask questions and people will respond!
- In food blogging community they started "get your blog burning". They asked people to submit recipes for specific theme.
Idea: do monthly skype talk
Idea: just do it. start blogging and regularly ask others to be involved
Communities will grow as people get to one another personally or topically.
Writing style - vary your writing style; some are more inviting than others. Session this afternoon on 10 writing styles. "Vary your voice."
Editing - when should it happen? why? In a strong community, the community will often self-edit.
Idea: a day in the life. Mommy bloggers often do this. i.e. 7:00am woke up, 8:00am make kids breakfast, etc. http://papernapkin.typepad.com/
Idea: integrate images because it often will open up tone, direction.
Idea: shared tagging,
* What is the invitation and why is it important to the community?
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onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com
Questions to ask yourself in conceputualizing:
* How will I recruit people to blog on the site?
- Pay people?
- Get one or two role models to get things started?
- Consistent
In any community you have to know "What's the purpose?"
- for individual?
- for community?
Both are equally important.
Examples of "purpose" -
- connect to other people with similar
- get things off your chest (how do you make it 'safe' for people contributing content without negative consequence?)
Some people have their individual needs met by a message board, but it doesn't necessarily foster community...Is this true or a false assumption? In general, they are topic or conversation based. In contrast community blogging generally more
"What is the pattern and the need of the community?"
* What are the expectations of the user? Do they want comments or do they simply want to put out their ideas.
Always talk to the community that we expect to participate in the web. Do this over time because it often changes over time.
* What is our (hosting person or org) committment to the community? Is the community aware of what it is?
* How do you listen to the community in different ways to know what direction to take it?
- Ask questions and people will respond!
- In food blogging community they started "get your blog burning". They asked people to submit recipes for specific theme.
Idea: do monthly skype talk
Idea: just do it. start blogging and regularly ask others to be involved
Communities will grow as people get to one another personally or topically.
Writing style - vary your writing style; some are more inviting than others. Session this afternoon on 10 writing styles. "Vary your voice."
Editing - when should it happen? why? In a strong community, the community will often self-edit.
Idea: a day in the life. Mommy bloggers often do this. i.e. 7:00am woke up, 8:00am make kids breakfast, etc. http://papernapkin.typepad.com/
Idea: integrate images because it often will open up tone, direction.
Idea: shared tagging,
* What is the invitation and why is it important to the community?
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BlogHer 2006 - "So you have this crazy idea:..."
BlogHer Day One
Session 1 - blurb.com will take typepad blogs and transform them into a book. Prices start at $39.95 for a single 40-page. You can also configure a book and make it available for sale to visitors of your site.
Sometimes people come to blogs to "write" and sometimes people come to community blogs to "participate" (commenting, for example). What't the difference in Web 2.0?
Community blogging as a means of bringing together people with commonalities - identities or issues. Women from Stanford University Law School created one to build a support network.
How to organize a community blog? Technical lead (implementation). Bring users together to determine focus and/or flow. Do they need to be fully defined before they are implemented? Not necessarily. Mostly need a "core focus" and allow it to grow organically.
Community blogging for talking done and evolving. Community blogging for move to action not fully explored.
The New Media Collective began in Feb 2006. It is an information network for people of color. It is a media education site. Founder Melanie Morgan created site after visiting http://www.realpeoplenetwork.com/. She recognized very few people of color were represented. She allows others contribute content.
Share your story place where parents with children in neo-natal units at hospital. Blogs under "Share your story" tab. Two options: 1) short story option 2) blog option. Quickly blog option became stronger preference. "No blog goes un-responded to", March of Dimes ensures every post is responded to in 24 to 72 hours. Accessible - must register to get blog, but can view without authentication. They also have people that sift through data to determine if there are people in crisis to offer them services.
Three general forms of blogging:
1) One Blog/Blogger (a community gathers around an individual; power centralized with primary blogger; often spawn off communities of their own;
2) Central/Community Centric (a purposeful collection of independent blogs)
3) Site that invites bloggers in (aggregation in one frame; blogher site is an example; power is centralized by who controls the tools)
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Session 1 - blurb.com will take typepad blogs and transform them into a book. Prices start at $39.95 for a single 40-page. You can also configure a book and make it available for sale to visitors of your site.
Sometimes people come to blogs to "write" and sometimes people come to community blogs to "participate" (commenting, for example). What't the difference in Web 2.0?
Community blogging as a means of bringing together people with commonalities - identities or issues. Women from Stanford University Law School created one to build a support network.
How to organize a community blog? Technical lead (implementation). Bring users together to determine focus and/or flow. Do they need to be fully defined before they are implemented? Not necessarily. Mostly need a "core focus" and allow it to grow organically.
Community blogging for talking done and evolving. Community blogging for move to action not fully explored.
The New Media Collective began in Feb 2006. It is an information network for people of color. It is a media education site. Founder Melanie Morgan created site after visiting http://www.realpeoplenetwork.com/. She recognized very few people of color were represented. She allows others contribute content.
Share your story place where parents with children in neo-natal units at hospital. Blogs under "Share your story" tab. Two options: 1) short story option 2) blog option. Quickly blog option became stronger preference. "No blog goes un-responded to", March of Dimes ensures every post is responded to in 24 to 72 hours. Accessible - must register to get blog, but can view without authentication. They also have people that sift through data to determine if there are people in crisis to offer them services.
Three general forms of blogging:
1) One Blog/Blogger (a community gathers around an individual; power centralized with primary blogger; often spawn off communities of their own;
2) Central/Community Centric (a purposeful collection of independent blogs)
3) Site that invites bloggers in (aggregation in one frame; blogher site is an example; power is centralized by who controls the tools)
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