[LINK] RFI: How should virtual group members interact with one another?

[David Lochrin]

On 2020-08-18 15:47, Roger Clarke wrote:

> A virtual organisation (e.g. The Link Institute, or a professional, occupational, advocacy or common interest group) needs a channel for communications among members.> 
> In 2020, what would the Link Institute recommend as that channel?

This is an interesting question.  I think much of DEC's success during their salad days in the 1980's when revenue grew to half that of IBM was due to a package known as DEC Notes.  This allowed every DEC employee to discuss pretty much anything within the company, and some product-engineering managers copped quite a roasting on occasion.  Notes also allowed restricted membership where necessary, e.g. for discussion of gay or women's issues.  It was simple to use while covering a lot of ground, with no "eye candy".

The closest thing I know would probably be Whirlpool, but IMO its page layout should be revised and the content better organised, and its possibly attempting to do too much.

I'm not clear about the requirement for primary & secondary subchannels.   Is this intended to be a hierarchy of interest groups, each with its own moderator, membership, and list of topics?

On 2020-08-18 16:53, Karl Auer wrote:
> TBH in this space less is more.

Absolutely...   

David Lochrin