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GeneYas:

--- Quote from: John C on June 22, 2010, 04:51:58 PM ---I suggested RSS, but this isn't a terrible stopgap:

http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/stats2.php

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Twitter has a lot of stupid and pointless content, but it can also be used as an RSS feed by people who don't know what RSS is. I would subscribe to an RSS feed or an RSS feed through Twitter if it were created. The advantage is that RSS (whether posted via Twitter or not) allows me to have the updates delivered like an email through Thunderbird. I do follow a few Twitter feeds, but I prefer to read them through Thunderbird which has the Thunderbrowse plugin. Twitter generates and RSS feed from people's posts. For me, I can't stand logging in to the Twitter site and I never post anything, so I prefer getting the meaningful content by RSS .

I just consider myself a casual passer by here, but I agree that promoting through Facebook would attract the wrong type of user. I think sites like Facebook will eventually implode as the people who are on it everyday get tired of it. On the other hand, the Mafia Wars and gaming aspect of Facebook is starting to put some gaming companies out of business so it may be around for awhile if they deliver content that really entertains people.

Gene

kusunoki:
Looks like the position on facebook has been reconsidered. I'd be interested to hear from the administrators about what effects this ends up having on the site.

Yoc:
Hi K,
Rangerhouse was very enthusiastic on running a Facebook page for us as none of the staff are users. 
Last Sept we had a Massive influx of new members and I guess we didn't have as big a reservation against the idea.  RH took the ball and ran with it.  I helped him with some graphics and RH looks to be doing a nice job there.  I'm sure he'd welcome any help or suggestions if you had any for him there.

So far I can't see any direct effect on the main site or this forum other than likely spreading the word about us to a demographic that might have overlooked us otherwise.  It's hard to know exactly where the bulk of our new members find us first.

Again, we appreciated your first offer.  I guess it was mainly a timing thing and no slight was meant against you of course.  I hope your life in Japan has returned back to normal as much as is possible.

Take care,
-Yoc

paw broon:
I don't use Facebook or twitter, nor do I have any great inclination to do so.  I can't even text.  My phone does this strange thing of being able to make and take calls, how odd.  So, If DCM is on these thingies, that's fine but there are many people who aren't.  As long as this site can be accessed and used without recourse to Facebook etc., I'll be relieved. Mind, there was a time I thought I wouldn't have a computer or read comics on a screen.
I think I dislike the idea of artificial friends and I don't find it difficult to keep in touch with my relatively small circle of friends and acquaintances. 
I feel the better for having said that.

John C:
I have an account (and was actually surprised I did--I don't remember signing up), but don't use it beyond it being a signpost for people who might be looking for me.  So it does serve a use, in that people can find me when they look and they're effectively isolated unless I decide to let them contact me directly.

I mostly don't like it because it's basically a..."branded Internet."  They let you make a webpage, give you a webmail account, and let you play games.  Whee!  Well, "whee" except if they die or decide they don't like you, in which case you lose access to all your stuff.  And they take everything you do (I know this from an ex-programmer there) on the site and store it to get a better sense of how to sell things to you and what companies to sell you to.  Add in their privacy screwups, and I certainly won't trust them with anything that's important.

(I did "Like" the DCM page, of course, and I have to admit that, when I have to head over to Facebook, it's nice to see thumbnails of the day's books staring me in the face.)

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