by Bruce Fielding » Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:48 pm
It's about being up to date in two ways.
Firstly, most people are now getting more and more social media savvy. It's not going to go away - in fact it will become the way of interacting on the web in much the same way that forums gave for specialist groups.
Secondly, information should be aggregated so that something posted in one place appears everywhere, thus avoiding the boring and time wasting repetition of input over a number of different places. A news feed working in a sidebar would offer website readers instant and simultaneous access to whatever was happening on the more interatcive areas.
For example, interesting posts on the forum could appear on the site, attracting people to the forum.
For some time, the internet-based side of the club has been practically 100% reliant on the forum. There has to be more to it than just a place for a bit of a natter. Changing the focus and the bias more towards the website is a good idea. It was left as a wasteland for far too long.
It'll take time for people to hit the site before going to the forum, but if there's stuff of interest on the site that isn't on the forum, then that's a good thing.
Take Pistonheads as an example and you'll see what I mean.
It's about being up to date in two ways.
Firstly, most people are now getting more and more social media savvy. It's not going to go away - in fact it will become the way of interacting on the web in much the same way that forums gave for specialist groups.
Secondly, information should be aggregated so that something posted in one place appears everywhere, thus avoiding the boring and time wasting repetition of input over a number of different places. A news feed working in a sidebar would offer website readers instant and simultaneous access to whatever was happening on the more interatcive areas.
For example, interesting posts on the forum could appear on the site, attracting people to the forum.
For some time, the internet-based side of the club has been practically 100% reliant on the forum. There has to be more to it than just a place for a bit of a natter. Changing the focus and the bias more towards the website is a good idea. It was left as a wasteland for far too long.
It'll take time for people to hit the site before going to the forum, but if there's stuff of interest on the site that isn't on the forum, then that's a good thing.
Take Pistonheads as an example and you'll see what I mean.