Posted by Dr. Bob on June 17, 2005, at 22:48:03
In reply to Re: which small board » Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on June 16, 2005, at 4:21:40
> You hadn't appeared too open to the idea that reading posts on small boards be limited to only those who could post on them, so I was trying for the next best thing.
Great, let's consider that?
> > their could be a portal from the main boards to the small boards which could only be entered by altering your registration to mark that you wish to participate in small boards (which would expire if you didn't join a small board in a reasonable length of time). Once within the portal, those who wish to be part of the small boards could read all the small boards. Or whatever.
So it would be OK for them to read a small board, even if it didn't have any openings, as long as they wished to participate = join some small board?
> Karen Kay, for example, apparently brought many people to Babble with her delightful ways. People who later stayed and continued to post. Had Karen Kay been so delightful behind a glass door where others could see, but not join in, would the result had been the same?
Maybe Karen wouldn't have chosen to be behind a glass door. And if she had, maybe that preference for herself would've been more important than bringing more people in. And either way, lots of other delightful people wouldn't be behind glass doors.
> contrary to your theory, I don't think that people who were charmed by that conversation, but unable to join in, would be as thrilled being told that they couldn't be part of that group, but they could be a part of this other group instead
Of course they wouldn't be thrilled, but maybe they'd stick around a little longer anyway?
> Plus, my guess is that the set of potential posters who don't post because their posts are googleable ... is greater than the set of people who don't post because they find Social larger than they would wish.
Hmm, those are independent issues, how large a board is and whether it's Googleable...
> How many people post on Social at any given time, anyway? Your proposed small groups were limited to 25, right? How many different posters are there on Social in this and the last archive? 50? 100? 200?
In Psychology in January, 2580 posts by 110 posters:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050219/msgs/468378.html
> Any benefits size wise to the new groups might depend more on stability and continued posting
Right, but continued posting might depend on comfort level, which might depend on size...
Bob
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