The issue of having a Facebook page or some other social networking website for the medieval history academic discussion group is currently being held on the private and not archived discussion group. I shared these thoughts with this group that may be of interest to other academic groups that have or want discussion groups and/or social networking sites online. There have been a number of people on MEDIEV-L who posted one line that said basically "No way Facebook, I will not be involved." and other comments that Facebook breeds inactive groups where no real activity takes place.
INTERNET: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING : PRIVACY : INTERNET: BUSINESS AND BUSINESSES: FACEBOOK : HISTORY: MEDIEVAL : INTERNET: DISCUSSION GROUPS:
Re: [MEDIEV-L:63302] Re: List Administration : Should MEDIEV-L Have a Social Networking Site Re: [MEDIEV-L:63302] Re: List Administration : Should MEDIEV-L Have a Social Networking Site Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:53:22 -0400 (EDT) From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx> To: MEDIEV-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MEDIEV-L:63302] Re: List AdministrationOne very important thing to consider about Facebook is that there are currently major privacy concerns about Facebook:
<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=facebook+and+privacy&btnG= Search&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de%7Clang_es&as_sdt= 800000000000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/yytmyav> <http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=facebook%20and%20privacy&lr= lang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de%7Clang_es&sa=N&tab=sn> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/y2dqc45> <http://news.google.com/archivesearch?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl= en&q=facebook+and+privacy&cf=all> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/y6fjcse> Please also notice the slope of the graph on the last link.In addition, not unlike the main list for this group, there is as far as I know, no outside indexing by search engines such as Google for content on Facebook so that again the valuable information shared by the members of this group cannot be revisited by members who do not archive the groups content themselves in their own email or by the outside world seeking to learn about medieval history.
There has been quite a stir lately about the decision by Ning to charge for using the Ning site and one reaction has been to share alternatives, lists are springing up on the internet of such sources and this is a link to one such list that could be instructive regarding options for an additional social networking site for this medieval history discussion group.
<http://ised-l.blogspot.com/2010/04/re-ning-no-longer-free_5721.html>I do suggest that finding a site where medieval scholarship can be found by those searching internet search engines would be an admirable goal for this group as much wonderful content shared on this list is simply not available to the rest of the world and this is a field in which there are complaints that the outside world fails to understand the values and importance of medieval history. Hiding the content of this list does not serve to change this picture. Consider what I have put out about medival history sources, and I only had one medieval history course. This list also includes my other history links.
From: <http://sites.google.com/site/netgoldsubjectindex/Home/main-site-map> HISTORY http://tinyurl.com/mh3oe6 HISTORY ANCIENT http://tinyurl.com/knytrz HISTORY ARCHIVES http://tinyurl.com/mhf4za HISTORY ART ARTS LITERATURE MUSIC HUMANITIES http://tinyurl.com/lq99qr HISTORY ARTIFACTS http://tinyurl.com/lq45zc HISTORY CHRONOLOGIES AND TIMELINES http://tinyurl.com/mj9lpm HISTORY CULTURAL http://tinyurl.com/noc4pu HISTORY DIPLOMATIC http://tinyurl.com/lub798 HISTORY DOCUMENTS http://tinyurl.com/lvzb7u HISTORY EARLY MODERN http://tinyurl.com/lt367k HISTORY ECONOMIC http://tinyurl.com/musvx7 HISTORY EUROPE http://tinyurl.com/nv9aqj HISTORY EXPLORERS AND HISTORY EXPLORATION http://tinyurl.com/nb5285 HISTORY GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL http://tinyurl.com/nuwosd HISTORIANS http://preview.tinyurl.com/lgtcw8 HISTORIOGRAPHY http://tinyurl.com/mslkj8 HISTORY INTELLECTUAL http://tinyurl.com/nsgpj7 HISTORY MAPS http://tinyurl.com/n6f4pd HISTORY MEDIEVAL http://tinyurl.com/l657rk HISTORY MILITARY http://tinyurl.com/lp9tmc HISTORY MODERN http://tinyurl.com/nhq767 HISTORY NINETEENTH CENTURY http://tinyurl.com/kl27dn HISTORY ORAL http://tinyurl.com/mjpn5o PREHISTORY http://tinyurl.com/m7jjg3 HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCES http://tinyurl.com/mfgngq HISTORY REFERENCE http://tinyurl.com/knlc28 HISTORY REFORMATION http://tinyurl.com/mam4p3 HISTORY RENAISSANCE http://tinyurl.com/lnyukn HISTORY RESEARCH http://tinyurl.com/mmuhm5 HISTORY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/kskva9 HISTORY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY http://tinyurl.com/ng5wmk HISTORY SIXTEENTH CENTURY http://tinyurl.com/mgfs5w HISTORY SOCIAL AND CULTURAL http://tinyurl.com/mx9wg7 HISTORY TWENTIETH CENTURY http://tinyurl.com/l6rkue HISTORY UNITED STATES http://tinyurl.com/mkszrx HISTORY UNITED STATES STATES http://tinyurl.com/mryq82 HISTORY URBAN AND CITY http://tinyurl.com/m2yjqg HISTORY WARS http://tinyurl.com/m4ovkhThere are some important issues regarding social networking for this list and I hope that this post adds some matters to consider to this discussion.
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