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Why doesn't Talkshoe have a forum anymore? When I first started using Talkshoe, I remember the service having a forum that built on top of Vanilla. Not the most intuitive forum software available but it was nice. Now, the Talkshoe community has to figure out how to get to Get Satisfaction, sign up for an account and then post an issue into the appropriate area and this all takes place out side of the Talkshoe domain. Something doesn't seem right.
I propose that a subdomain be setup on talkshoe and a dedicated forum be hosted on this domain. You can use Vbulletin or what I recommend using is PHPBB3 and install the forum. Then, style it up a little bit, give it the talkshoe look and feel and then, create a usergroup for community liasons so that we can help each other instead of relying on Josh, Dave or any of the higher up technical support people. Plus, we can all chime in and help each other out as it relates to podcasting equipment, monetization, tips and tricks, advertising, etc. I think Talkshoe is at the point now where the community has reached a decent size and is worthy of being able to support itself if given the proper tools/place to do so. I don't believe Get Satisfaction is the place.
As for the Ning community site for talkshoe. Again, my main concern is that it falls outside of the Talkshoe domain. Why continue to push people to congregate outside of the domain? That makes no sense to me. For starters, the Ning site was started by someone who is not involved with Talkshoe anymore. So now, for community oriented stuff, we have to go to the ning site. For support we go to Get Satisfaction. Pretty soon, we'll need a roadmap to figure out where to go to do something.
I just think having a forum would eliminate the need for both services and could help keep things in house.
I propose that a subdomain be setup on talkshoe and a dedicated forum be hosted on this domain. You can use Vbulletin or what I recommend using is PHPBB3 and install the forum. Then, style it up a little bit, give it the talkshoe look and feel and then, create a usergroup for community liasons so that we can help each other instead of relying on Josh, Dave or any of the higher up technical support people. Plus, we can all chime in and help each other out as it relates to podcasting equipment, monetization, tips and tricks, advertising, etc. I think Talkshoe is at the point now where the community has reached a decent size and is worthy of being able to support itself if given the proper tools/place to do so. I don't believe Get Satisfaction is the place.
As for the Ning community site for talkshoe. Again, my main concern is that it falls outside of the Talkshoe domain. Why continue to push people to congregate outside of the domain? That makes no sense to me. For starters, the Ning site was started by someone who is not involved with Talkshoe anymore. So now, for community oriented stuff, we have to go to the ning site. For support we go to Get Satisfaction. Pretty soon, we'll need a roadmap to figure out where to go to do something.
I just think having a forum would eliminate the need for both services and could help keep things in house.
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Inappropriate?Hi Jeff,
I have included a Link to this post in another response to an email I sent to Dave about the Forum idea, with information from the discussion from that night on that call, Rob's thoughts and more...
Thanks for the Suggestion - I like it! :)
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Inappropriate?In theory, the Ning site can be the target of a redirection from the root TS site. In fact, I think that there are ways to embed the whole thing as if it were organic. But I'll be truthful ...
I hate the Ning forum.
It's deeply unintuitive in design and just generally ugly. I actually rather liked the Vanilla forum and never found it particularly unintuitive, though it really did need a much better introductory "read this first" area and a better set of "subfora" set up from the beginning. Not really fond of most web-based fora based around the Vbull or BB3 designs, but I've always been a believer in going with the best technology even if it's not like what everyone else's doing.
Definitely, I think we need a better core forum, and it needs to be linked under the TS site more directly.
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