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Posted by John Bokma on April 12, 2008, 4:00 pm
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mbiernat@hotmail.com wrote:
> Regarding your leaving: John reconsider your leaving as your insights
> are welcome.... or never say never regarding your return.
Heh, this is my second coming so to speak, and I am now 100% sure.
> Regarding the forum: Your forum idea is noble but I think the regulars
> (about 20 lets say) come to this usenet to learn, write but also to
> promote their SEO services in a subtle way.
Maybe the experience of others differ, but I am quite convinced that one
can't catch big fish here. Ages ago I got most of my programming work
via Usenet, but IMO that time is long, long gone.
> Therefore, people might
> say 'yes' to your new forum idea, but latter lose interest.
Think of it as the watercooler: a place we can hang out, stay in touch,
now and then talk about SEO, but mostly talk about other stuff. Movies
one enjoyed, how the kids/pets are doing, etc. The small talk that
happens here now and then. Not the constant being on the look out for
possible job, or being outsmarted by others.
> However,
> it does not mean the idea would fail, but rather it would be another
> private SEO forum which the net has a lot of and originality dries up
> if there is not new blood and a critical mass.
I was not thinking about a SEO forum. More a small talk forum. Most
regulars know stuff about the others that has nothing to do with SEO.
So in short, I am thinking about a kind of virtual watercooler, where we
*can* talk about SEO, web development, programming, new business
oppurtunities, etc. but it will be mostly not about those things (at
least that's how I see it).
OTOH, I also see it as a kind of networking. The atmosphere will be
(hopefully) more friendly, and give space for getting better business
relations.
> I hope this does not
> take the wind out of your sails, but it is just want I think.
No, like I said, I already *know* that I need 20 highly active regulars,
and I had already the feeling I wouldn't find them here. My second
option is/was aww. But since the climate here, IMO, is a bit friendlier,
I decided to ask here first. If I can't get 5-7 people here, I probably
won't get even 2 in aww.
> Regarding the usenet I have been on since 1997 because its a simple
> and direct way to exchange ideas. There always has been flames of war
> - and spam, but the same goes for anything else. I do not refrain
> from driving because of all the traffic, people who do not follow the
> rules of the road, or people who fail to act in a cordial way. It is
> mildly irritating but its also fun to drive. The usenet is 50% fun
> (many times at each of our expense) and 50 % serious. But i think
> the balance is what has people coming back.
Yeah, but the question I've been asking the last 2 years: do I *have to*
drive? Or: do I have to be on Usenet? Am I not better of with instead of
writing 2 hrs on Usenet, to write 2 hrs for my blog (or even 1).
And if I have to ride: do I ride in a city or do I take a nice road
through the hills, and enjoy the trip?
> Either way I am grateful to you and best regards,
Thanks,
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John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/
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