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Should Analog be added to the Technologies

dang74

I am in the process of writing a blog on a vacuum tube project.  I noticed that it doesn't fit into any of the existing Technologies groups.  I originally brought this up in the feed-back forum.  Doug replied by suggesting that Analog should be added to the technology groups.  This could cover designs and blogs that take a more traditional approach... and don't otherwise fit into the other existing groups. 

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  • Once upon a time, the front page of the website had a "new" button, that allowed you to create a blog post, or a forum post.

    Then at the end of it, it would say "where would you like to post this?".

    Now, it's the other way around. You fumble around a bit, trying to find where to post it, decide "well, this will do" and post it, hoping it will be seen.

    Do we need another group?

    Or do we need a bit of organisation within a group?

    I'm now in a position where I can make that decision and guide the team. I've been slow to work on this directly because, moving and removing items can harm the visibility of the content (more than it is at the moment) with search engines, and also if the content has been advertised on social media.

    But I thought I'd comment, to show that I'm paying attention. Happy to move things around or make things a bit clearer.

  • in reply to cstanton

    Thanks Chris.  I understand your hesitation to reorganize things. I came in asking for an analog group... but no longer want that level of specificity.  From the responses by others I see the dangers of having a group called  Miscellaneous.  I am thinking now if we had a group called: The Love of Electronics.... the purpose of the group would be to feature experiments and projects big and small that explore the world of electronics. (or something to that effect) So, in theory it could serve as an umbrella of sorts without attracting as much clutter as a group called Miscellaneous.

  • in reply to dang74

    The platform isn't very good for how it's been deployed, both now and on Jive.

    A view I would prefer, is that when you create your blog post, you add tags relating to what topics or categories it's associated with, and then you can customise your view based upon what of those tags you're interested in, and the user experience would present it as such, and it would align with your user profile interests.

    That way you're not forcing people to choose a 'blog' to put it in, that's in a group, and the visibility of the content would look different.

    The approach of 'groups = categories' is very limiting by comparison, and ends up working both ways to limit content. "I don't see where to put it, so is it welcome here?" and "if I put it in here that's not relevant, will it be seen?". 

    Part of the problem is how 'out of the box' versus 'customised' we can make it to align with. For example, tags do not cross groups boundaries, so that already limits part of putting any such idea into practicality.

    These are all thoughts being thrown around.

  • in reply to cstanton

    Thanks Chris, I sent you a message just now.

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