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WEBMASTER 'HOPEFUL'
After a tumultuous launch which was "like a rollercoaster from heaven to hell and back, finally stopping in Reading, emotionally," Freewheeling CEO Sam Walker greeted day two calmly "hopeful, yet essentially pessimistic" that his new forum would live to see a brighter future. "Registrations are up; we managed to snare some big game fairly early on," said the careworn executive, almost lost among the detritus of the grand opening party held at the Freewheeling offices in East Sussex yesterday. "We had to make cleaning lady redundant sometime after midnight," he sheepishly explained. Although a flurry of evening activity on the boards rallied support among twitchy investors, "They strongly hinted that the extravagances would have to go. I may even have to sell the Bike Friday." Helmets saved the day The highest traffic was enjoyed by the fledgling Helmets child board, found under the wing of Cycling 101. "I got the idea for a dedicated helmets board from my 2-year-old daughter," maintained Walker, not actually a parent except for the purposes of this article. "One day she looked up at me with those big brown eyes and said 'Da-da, hemm sh lrrrrp aaaaaaah frenzle if you build it they will come urp gllxxxxx fra'. It was surely a sign." Asked what she thought of her da-da's new enterprise, the tot commented "I don't know how far he's going to get pedalling his forum on Usenet. There are some brilliant people I know he's quite keen to have register in addition to those who've already done so, but whether they'll wish to take part in this type of format is anyone's guess. Urp." His daughter's precosious critique prompted Walker to comment: "Indeed. Anybody's guess. Coochy-coo. The nice thing about 'this format' is its potential not just as a cohesive community, but as an easily-searchable database of information and opinion. Sure, you can pick through Usenet via google groups, but it's not the same." He's also tiredly keen to point out to potential recruits that Freewheeling offers many other boards in addition to helmets. "I think you'll find most tastes catered for," he promised. "And I'm open to suggestion. '[Rant]....[/Rant]' is a direct result of member influence; in fact I'm considering posting there myself. 'Fixed' was another suggestion I adopted, though the last time I tried to ride one of those I almost ended up in hospital." http://www.freewheelingforum.com/index.php |
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') wrote: Asked what she thought of her da-da's new enterprise, the tot commented "I don't know how far he's going to get pedalling his forum on Usenet. There are some brilliant people I know he's quite keen to have register in addition to those who've already done so, but whether they'll wish to take part in this type of format is anyone's guess. Urp." No, ta. His daughter's precosious critique prompted Walker to comment: "Indeed. Anybody's guess. Coochy-coo. The nice thing about 'this format' is its potential not just as a cohesive community, but as an easily-searchable database of information and opinion. The nasty thing about 'this format' is it splits the cohesive community into lots of little fragments, and that instead of having one humungous easily searchable database you have hundreds of fiddly little ones 95% of which contain no useful information whatever, and all of which have their own different proprietary search interfaces so you can't even produce a useful metasearcher. 'Web forums' have always been pointless. It isn't practically possible to produce an effective interface to a discussion on the web, and such things are islands of discussion off the shores of the great continent of Usenet. In summary, if you must try to reinvent the wheel, square is not the best possible shape. And bearings are quite useful, too. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Morning had broken, and there was nothing we could do but wait patiently for the RAC to arrive. |
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