Just the FAQ's, Ma'am
Steamgeek graciously invited me to this community as an alternative to the raucous and sometimes silly MySpace environment we've been sharing.
So far, I am impressed with the quality of the writing, the breadth of the topics, and the site in general.
The FAQ's, however, do not explain to me what, exactly, is appropriate for publication here. Clarification on which venue to use (forums, articles/blogs) for what type of post would be appreciated.
My blog covers many aspects of my life. I write blogs about my profession. I write blogs about my family. I write blogs about my perception of the world I inhabit. In the main, my blogs are personal. I do have a series of blogs regarding mentoring that are factually based, and could be written as articles, but they are still OpEd pieces.
So. What belongs here?
I have over 200 readers, many of whom also write well and thoughtfully. Once I have figured out what is appropriate for here, I'd like to extend an invitation to them to join me here as well.
Thanks for any input. I look forward to participating in the community, and hopefully to helping it grow.
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My take
Submitted by mole333 on 4 January 2007 - 11:07am.
Liza is the final voice of authority here, of course, but I have always assumed that each individual writer decides what is appropriate assuming no laws are being broken. I am a contributing editor and I am still winging it! I also find that I can never predict what I write will get attention.
As to readers, I have a far easier time judging the readers over at Daily Gotham. To my surprise our most read articles over there dealt with local Brooklyn politics, something I thought was going to have a very limited audience. In the many controversies that swirl like eddies in the toxic Gowanus canal, we built a strong readership and got noticed by some very important people.
Culture Kitchen has always been more baffling to me. Until recently I seldom focused on posting here. In fact I notice your presence has upped the attention I pay over here, so consider that a compliment even if it means I am plotting arguements for future posts. I get the feeling Culture Kitchen is evolving in a somewhat new direction thanks to the influx of new writers like yourself and Margaret and, hopefully, a few more I have been recruiting. This isn't a dis to the old timers. I am just happy to see more voices represented. It makes things more interesting and dynamic.
Given that anything from hard core politics to photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby have been the focus of diaries here, not to mention some very personal diaries by myself, Tara, Liza and Lorraine, I think pretty much anything goes. "Culture" is a broad topic and make of it what you will. I do.
Me too
I've been winging it so far with the content in order to try and gage the "tone" and "interest" of the audiance. So far Liza seems to keep a close eye on things, but getting a feel for the readers is tough given limited comment participation.
I also have not yet extended a full force invite to existing readers for the same reason you indicate, although I'm also setting on a subscrided list of several hundred and daily page views of 300 - 600.
I do like the way the "Live Discussions" list updates as a new comment is posted.