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The positives and negatives of Birding-Aus

To: "'L&L Knight'" <>, "'Birding Aus'" <>
Subject: The positives and negatives of Birding-Aus
From: "Tony Russell" <>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:51:59 +0930
Hi Lozza, thanks for the early indication of results. I must admit I
find the topics in the positive and negative groups fairly predictable.
I guess people will classify themselves accordingly, I know I have.

Tony.

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of L&L Knight
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 8:05 AM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: The positives and negatives of Birding-Aus


I'm about to start analysing the responses from the 300 people who have 
participated in the Birding-Aus census, and will forward a summary to 
all those who participated.

In the mean time, a bit of feedback to the list on what people said 
that relate to Birding-Aus netiquette.

On the positive side, people like:
- the helpful informality / willingness to help
- pooled knowledge
- trip reports
- commentary from people who know what they are talking about
- sense of community
- establishing contact with other birders
- discussions on taxonomy, birding research, links to websites etc

On the negative side, people don't like:
- waffle, flippant, inane comments, thoughtless posts
- point-scoring, ego-preening, intimidation
- personal comments sent to the list
- rehashed arguments and bickering
- extended off-topic threads
- parochialism

A number of people referred to the archives.  Many would like to see 
responses to RFIs sent to the newsgroups rather than just the 
individual asking the question, as that would add to the pool of 
knowledge.
Similarly, people who use the archives find it easier if people use the 
reply option to continue existing threads, but then use new subject 
lines if they are starting new threads.

As general rules, people should probably keep personal comments and 
chit chat off line, and people need to think about what they have 
written before they hit the send button.  Do you want what you wrote to 
wind up in the archives?

Regards, Laurie.

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