~terry
Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (13:34)
seed
Electric Minds was started by virtual community guru Howard Rheingold and
was recently acquired and refashioned by Durand Communications. It may be
the most potent of the free, web based communities. And Durand has some
incredible technologies and the will and money to take it to another level.
http://www.minds.com
~mikeg
Thu, Nov 27, 1997 (07:13)
#1
I'm at eMinds, and I really like it. The place has a certain forward-looking
zeitgeist that can so often be missing elsewhere.
~terry
Thu, Nov 27, 1997 (07:34)
#2
What are the hot topics there, these days, now that the
reigns have been passed from Howard to Durand Brothers?
~mikeg
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (12:35)
#3
I'm not really sure. I still find the Engaged interface clunky, and it gets in the way. Also, the set-up they use for Conferences and topics etc. make it difficult (personally) to find where I was and where I want to be. I prefer the much cleaner interfaces of Motet and Yapp. However, the people there are very interesting - a real good, exciting bunch. As for the hot topics, I don't really know. I read yesterday an *excellent* discussion on how to handle harrassment in conferences - a subject which
as also being discussed on Utne, so I brought a few ideas across to them.
Also, I keep using the word zeitgeist (there, I used it again). Perhaps it's my word of the week.
~terry
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (12:58)
#4
It's been a while since I've checked in, I most
read/respond to the ausint and to the communities
conference. The web interface has some great features,
one of which I plan to incorporate here, post and move on
to the next topic in one keystroke.
~terry
Mon, Sep 7, 1998 (12:54)
#5
The Spring is hosting the austin conference on Electric Minds.
http://www.minds.com
~KitchenManager
Mon, Sep 7, 1998 (15:50)
#6
is this a good thing or a bad thing?
~terry
Mon, Sep 7, 1998 (22:01)
#7
I'm not sure which, if it helps both it's good. There's no traffic there
now. If they end up paying us to boost their traffic, it would be very,
very good. I don't know the politics there anymore really. fatty moon
engineered this change.
~chadneff
Thu, Nov 26, 1998 (11:14)
#8
Jeff K. suggested I check out Minds. I'm thinking of taking a poor, man's tour of conferencing sites. (Any where I can go for free.) I'm not at all adverse to paying for value. It's just that I'm such a novice and have so much to learn, there are sure to be false starts in the offing. I'd rather not run up a bill making them. Any suggestions are welcomed.
Terry, Hwo does the "paying to boost traffic" thing work?
~terry
Sat, Nov 28, 1998 (17:34)
#9
I'm not sure myself, I've just had some prelim talks with Eminds
and they seem open to supporting host and other communities, being
as they are sort of a community incubator.