Posted by psych chat on October 28, 2009, at 17:25:21
In reply to Re: tweet / facebook options, posted by Nadezda on October 27, 2009, at 19:02:46
> I don't want to put words in Bob's mouth, but maybe he's worried that Babble may cease to exist precisely because he doesn't make it accessible on and visible to people on facebook and twitter. Maybe he thinks the shape and structure of connection on the internet has changed and without making babble part of these new, dominant forms of communication, he's depriving it of new life. And maybe he believes that this is important enough to the survival and renewal of babble that he's willing to risk some of what he's created to create it in a better, more forward=looking way. Maybe he has some totally different motive-- of course.
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> NadezdaMaybe some people liked the way this community was because it was untouched by social networking. Lot's of heavy discussion going on here. People may have also felt some sense of safety here w/o it being connected to the social networks?
Facebook and Twitter are tools for superficial communications. I see a lot of deep, personal dialogue here, but not on those sites. Yes, they are new methods of communication, but are they adding utility to anything at all? And they may be just a fad and go out of style just as quickly as they appeared...I can see the technology being useful for many things..but for social relationships, support--no, just don't see it.
This is meant to be a supportive community, and many members have expressed that this change is NOT supportive and has the potential to decrease safety or feelings of safety. Using that logic alone, I don't see why the change would be implemented.
Just because the site administrator (who by the way, doesn't post about his core issues/mental health issues) and thinks this change would be helpful....while the community supposedly being served thinks it is unhelpful, I think the administrator should give more weight to the community's wishes and not his personal wishes.
Of course, not everyone expressed their discontent with this change. A poll of members, if all active members responded to it, would determine what the community deems supportive or not.
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