Groups and forums here on MediaPRO?

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Permalink Reply by FOLIO MediaPRO Team on October 2, 2008 at 1:29pm

Joshua

Right now there's no 'feed' that sums up all the group forums, so what you see in the right side is somewhat of a 'hack' which is why its inconsistent. We're hopeful the provider will come up with some better solutions for groups in the future, some are very active and others not so much. That's partly why we decided to also start the more global general forum to speed discussion along.

Dave

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Thomas on October 2, 2008 at 1:39pm

Gotcha ... I was wondering about that. I've worked with a few other ning sites and have found the group discussion options to be a bit lacking, so I assumed you guys had some sort of hack or custom script in place. Just wasn't sure if there were any other options or any other thoughts for keeping the group activities engaged.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by David Cardillo on October 3, 2008 at 6:13pm

my 2¢: this was something of a conundrum for me - do I post a question into one or more groups, targeted to the interests of those in those groups, or into the main forum, where it'll get viewed by the most people (most of whom may not care or be able to answer it)?

seeing questions posted into group forums ("discussions?") could only help boost the membership of those groups. (I had to join Advertising Sales to answer a question I saw posted in it. I don't work in Advertising, so perhaps forcing me to join to answer isn't the best thing.)

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Permalink Reply by FOLIO MediaPRO Team on October 3, 2008 at 6:18pm

Honestly its probably a good idea initially to test both and see where the best responses come from...no problem posting in both places if you want..

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Thomas on October 3, 2008 at 6:25pm

I don't mind doing that ... the only disadvantage is that it seems to promote a bit of stagnation in the groups since, by default, ning doesn't email group members when there is a new discussion posted. The users have to figure out how to do that on there own and since most people join the groups when they first join MediaPRO, they probably won't discover that tiny little function in the lower right-hand corner.

Meaning that veteran or active MediaPRO members will most likely never find those discussions and reply, only the new members will see them ...

I know it's a limitation of ning and should be posted on ning's developer site, but mentioning it here may also promote a creative "work round" ... who knows?

Thanks for all of your hard work on this site!

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