Jason Kottke applies the broken windows theory of social behaviour to online environments. Does the design, or appearance, of a blog or discussion forum adversely influence the conduct of commenters or forum members?
Does the aesthetic appearance of a blog affect what’s written by the site’s commenters? My sense is that the establishment of social norms [...]
Poor design lowers the tone of blogs & forum comments?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 to the comment subset
Errors and excerpts excepted
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 24 July, 2008 to the comment subset
If you are quoting from a blog or forum post (as I do frequently) do you, or should you, correct spelling and grammar errors?
If the “error” was such that it significantly altered the context of the excerpt, then maybe I would. (And hope it wasn’t noticed?)
Would you contact the person who made the comments [...]
Guerrilla marketing NAB style: let’s spam blogs
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 to the comment subset
One of Australia’s largest retail banks, NAB has taken to leaving spam comments on blogs as part of a targeted promotion for a new product, according to an article published at Crikey today.
The bank apparently thought they’d “give it a try” as “blogs are a public forum”, and believed that blog moderators would delete any [...]
A very different approach to tagging
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 to the technology subset
A very different approach to tagging.
Discovered at the Ask ET forum, a new way to present tagged articles.
Ask ET uses a totally different approach. Instead of linking to pages for each tag, it simply shows the tagged articles inline. No separate screens. No navigation. It’s a beautifully simple solution.
Very nice. Is there a Wordpress plugin [...]
Links for 23 October 2007
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 to the disassociated subset
Shift Magazine: on the subject of long running design websites, Shift Japan unveils its October 2007 edition, which features an interview with IdN magazine which in turn marks its 15th anniversary. Another milestone…
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Links for 19 August 2007
Posted by John Lampard on Sunday, 19 August, 2007 to the disassociated subset
Bargain Shopping alert! I forgot to mention that my sister, Bridget, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand, has recently launched an online bargain shopping guide! In addition to a website featuring sales and bargain alerts, a magazine/guide will also be produced annually. Start writing up those wish lists…
The Blogging Cafe: “is a community for bloggers, [...]
