links for 2006-04-01

• Removing registration and Topix.net traffic (Geeking with Greg)
  "Blake at Topix.net reports that removing mandatory registration in their forums substantially increased posting frequency and traffic. Surprisingly, their "post kill-rate", apparently a measure of spam, dropped by a factor of two as well."
  (tags: content+quality conversational+media business tidbits+fodder)
• The intersection of blogging and organizational culture (roots.lab)
  "If people are hungry for companies that have conversations with them, they are truly ravenous for mission-driven organizations that want them as individuals, want their unique voices, experiences, and wisdom, want them to be a part of the work, and not j
  (tags: conversation conversational+media business tidbits+fodder transparency problem+solving media+evolution)
• About this issue 'Media Emerging', eJournal USA, March 2006
  From the US State Dept., of all places! "Experts and pioneers in these changing technologies share their thoughts on the following pages, describing the innovations unfolding and offering a vision of what may lie ahead."
  (tags: collaboration community media research trends media+evolution conversational+media blogs citizen+journalism government tidbits+fodder)
• Legislation Designed to Help Stifle Open Internet | Center for Citizen Media: Blog
  "Internet companies yesterday criticized legislation that would give the FCC only limited ability to stop phone and cable companies from blocking access to Web sites, saying the proposal would endanger the open nature of the Web."
  (tags: net+neutrality info+access influence+ecology government law problems tidbits+fodder)

Comments

[Ian Wilker]

Hi Amy -- thanks for linking to my post; you've been at this for a long time but perhaps you can recall how it felt when you got your *first linkback!* I've been reading your work for last six months or so and it's a staple for me.

-- Ian