Which Discussion Group?
7/01/2005
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I have some information I'd like to solicit from blog readers regarding ideas of what to include in these sessions but before that I would like to hear suggestions as to which discussion group to use.
Criteria:
This is also a chance to make and distribute a list of all reasonable and active hypnotic submmission friendly discussion groups.
Criteria:
- Must already exist -- I do not think a group just for this blog would be worthwhile.
- Must be active and have members – I’d like to reach out to new readers as well as existing ones.
- Must be moderated -- Needs to have a moderator that keeps out advertisements for webcams and such.
- Must not be dedicated -- it cannot be one of "those lists where only the list owner's trainings are allowed to be promoted or where participants are not allowed to even have a link to their own webpages in their siglines" (phrasing taken from the posting guidelines for HypnosisTechniqueExchange).
This is also a chance to make and distribute a list of all reasonable and active hypnotic submmission friendly discussion groups.
5 Comments:
So instead of doing the work required to start run a group, you want to waltz in and at least partially take over a group someone else has worked hard to establish. How lame is that?
It is trivial to start and run a group, but there are too many groups already. Most groups welcome activity and my blog and its discussions can bring life to a group. It would be a take over only if the group had no other significant activity and even then I would not be the moderator. If you know of a group where this activity would not be welcome, then don't suggest it.
You already participated in a group that met your first three criteria. Lady Julia's group is active with many members. (In fact, as far as I can tell, it is the most active of all the hypnosis groups.) It's moderated as to membership. Why is advertising necessary? If you speak of your blog and link it on your profile, wouldn't that be sufficient?
I would add (because I forgot to mention this) that it's not trivial work to run a SUCCESSFUL group. It takes a lot of thought and creativity to keep conversation going and a lot of time and personality to draw in and retain members.
The Lady Julia group changed policy in June to become one of one of "those lists where only the list owner's trainings are allowed to be promoted or where participants are not allowed to even have a link to their own webpages in their siglines".
I was active in the Lady Julia group and at times was a major contributor of life to it when it was otherwise almost inactive. However, this was before the change in policy away from a group of general interest. I continued a few already active threads but when the new policy was applied selectively I ceased.
Speaking about my blog even without including its URL would be an attempt to sneak around this policy and I honor any moderator's policy. Most of my readers join any relevant and interesting group they find, so it easy enough to have the discussion in a group of general interest where the moderators welcome the participation and new members.