Posted by medlib on July 9, 2000, at 18:59:41
In reply to Re: possible 2nd board and links experiment, posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2000, at 14:10:26
> Hmm, what about turning you smart and savvy psycho-babblers onto it? :-)
***I'd be glad to volunteer if I were savvy enough to figure out what you have in mind.
> Let's try an experiment. I've created a new eGroup called "psycho-babble-tips" (the name might be a little ambiguous, but "psycho-babble" was already taken!). eGroups lets members of a group create "folders" of links. Maybe we can use that feature to highlight particular posts on topics.
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> To see the folders of links that have been created, just click on "Links". I've created a sample folder on the topic of a possible 2nd board. Maybe each topic could have its own folder, and that would help keep things organized?
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> If you just want to see the links, you don't have to do anything else, they're public. If, however, you want to try your hand at creating a folder of links, subscribe to psycho-babble-tips from the main page (and register with eGroups if you haven't already).
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> Subscriptions to psycho-babble-tips will need to approved by me. I'm going to limit this to registered Psycho-Babble members, so please use the same email address that you used to register here. Make sure you create a folder for yourself so the top level of Links doesn't get too cluttered.***What kind of folder--self-, drug-, or old topic-named, or what?
>In your folder, list only Psycho-Babble posts (those posts, of course, can list any page).
***By "page", do you mean the current board or a specific archived board? List how?
>Finally, URLs should include the archive, like in the Thread section of a post. If they don't, like in the Current Period section on the main Psycho-Babble page, they'll only work for the current period.
***I don't understand how to do that. Is there some significance to your inclusion of only some of the posts from this thread on your eGroup sample folder?
I use the web primarily for research, discovered PB from search results, and am unfamiliar with the workings of listservs and other types of boards. Hope I'm not the only one here so inconveniently naive.
If I understand this concept at all (and that's a huge IF), wouldn't it be simpler to enlist a popularity-ranking search engine such as Google to search the entire archives? This must be expensive, but I'll bet that babblers would be much more willing to contribute to such a specific expense than to pay for posting.
As helpful as the med expertise of babblers has been to me (and that's enormously), what I found so useful about the original Tips section were the experiences and views of other pdocs. Ideal for me would be an updated professional Tips section AND a total-archive search feature.
I would be happy to contribute time (generously) and/or money (modestly, I'm poor) to either or both features. (I'm exceptionally good and professionally qualified at organizing--except myself, of course.)
Regards---medlib
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