I now can justify spending my time and money spent on this class as I have set up my “reader” account within google. This means I can now start subscribing to websites, blogs and anything that contains an RSS – Real Simple Syndication. This is something I have always wanted to do, and although it only took a few seconds, reading chapter six inspired me to expand my knowledge and actually do it!
I also learned what that crazy little box is with funny words that I often have to verify before submitting a post or created an I.D. The CAPTCHA code stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. (Now that is an acronym!) I understand now, why it’s important to able it on blogs and registration sites to help from being automatically spammed and will use them from this point moving forward.
Forums are a great way to create the sense of community and build a trusting resource that people can go to for information and know they’ll receive honest opinions. Chapter six talks about the community of a forum being centered around a theme or common interest. There are forums for everything you can image from video games and special codes to pets, sporting teams and thousands for cooking recipes and tricks. Although I believe my company is too small, I like the idea of having forums within a company’s intranet. For a large corporation with many offices worldwide like Pepsi or Honda, this would provide a great place for workers to be open and honest, ask what’s worked and share what hasn’t without letting the outside world/public know something didn’t necessarily go as planne. I know I’ve sent an e-mail to my closest 5 friends to throw a question out there and hope someone has an answer for me! This is exactly what forums can be used for on a personal and professional level.
I checked out www.yuku.com and watched the demo video. It seems like a great concept for someone to blog, post pictures and participate in forums but reminded me of just another social media network or community to belong to with a profile, pictures and updates. The book talks about having up to 5 different profiles on the page but only one account. Are these accounts interest specific? Would I have one profile for cooking and one for sports? I’d be interested to hear from someone who has used yuku and what they think!
I’d never heard of Yuku. It seems kind of like Ning. ? But you’re right, seems like another social media community. Will it last? Will any of this last? You made me laugh with your lead-in. Yeah! You’ve learned something from this course! 🙂 I love it. It’s amazing, though, when you think about all the stuff we’re supposed to know, stay on top of, master, actually use. ! It can certainly be frustrating. You’ve gotten a great start on your website so keep improving it.
🙂 I enjoy learning and i have learned LOTS in this course so far! I feel it’s so hard to keep up with today’s technology; especially social media! But I just LOVE having those “AH-HA” moments in life where something really clicks in this brain of mine!