Prioritisation vote: [Theforum] Re: meo

[Lachlan Cannon]

Madhu Menon said:
> At 02:40 PM 5/21/2002, Lachlan Cannon wrote:
>>People who come to weo, or see something about meo mentioned are
>>more likely to join because of meo. People who do joi up are now
>>members of evolt.
>
> Just a clarification here. According to our meo guidelines, only people
> who are *already* evolt.org members/subscribers and have contributed to
> evolt.org in the past are *eligible* for meo space. So, if you Lach,
> had never heard of evolt.org, for instance, and just discovered meo,
> you would *not* be given an account.

Sorry, I obviously didn't make myself clear enough. (or type slow enough...
die typos) What I meant is that someone seeing beo has absolutely no reason
to join evolt and get involved - they have what they want. But if someone
sees meo and wants an account they first of all have to join evolt, and
start contributing - once they've joined the community in this manner
they're much more likely to feel a part of it. Beo will always attract more
new people to evolt than meo - but will it be able to return the costs of
running the service? Once again, don't get me wrong. I love beo. i just
think that our priority should be on something which is much more likely to
contribute towards the costs of running evolt.org.

> In other words, there is no question of joining *because* of meo,
> because you'd have to be a contributing member to have an account in
> the first place. If you check the admin archives, you'll see plenty of
> emails saying, "I want some hosting space", to which the usual answer
> is "Do something for evolt.org first, then we'll see", phrased in a
> more diplomatic manner of course.

I disagree. While someone won't come to evolt because of meo, they might
join, (ie sign up, contribute things, etc) because of it.

> What I fear is that meo will be viewed as a Geocities alternative (sans
> the ads).

Sans the ads, add a db, php, asp, cf, cgi, movable type... But, yes the
point is valid. I'd rather meo died than became a geocities, but I'd much
rather it lived. It could become a great PR item too. Look what we've
offered these people who gave their time and expertise to evolt - when Madhu
first came to evolt he didn't even know what a 'php' was, and now he 0WN5
j00. Or something along those lines. ;) But we could really promote how
evolt rewards people who really help it out. The opportunity to learn to
develop in so many languages is a definite asset to someone's portfolio...

> Regards,
>
> Madhu
>
> <<<   (pHp |337)   >>>
> Madhu Menon

Sorry, couldn't resist. ;P
Lach

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