[Sigia-l] IBM Reinvents E-mail

[Tom Chi]

If you ran a subscription based site with an associated forum and
mailing list, you could use some subscription revenue to pay your
editor.  Other than that, I'm not sure how you could compensate someone
reasonably for this effort.  Ad-based models don't work since who wants
to sign up for a discussion list with ads?

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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf
Of CD Evans
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:32 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] IBM Reinvents E-mail


Sorry for the delayed response, but it email after all.

I agree with Ralph. We need a moderator/editorial role for some 
lists. Anyone know to cost justify this. I think it's a full time job 
on most lists. What would we call it, 'Email with class'?

It's worth setting up a mail server and investing in editors. Five 
years ago I would have done it. Now, I'm unfortunately thinking it 
wouldn't sell. Where's the revenue model in email?

CD Evans


>Message: 11
>Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] IBM Reinvents E-mail
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:33:18 -0500
>From: "Lord, Ralph" <rsl3 at cdc.gov>
>To: "Tom Chi" <tomch at Exchange.Microsoft.com>,
>	"SIGIA-L" <sigia-l at asis.org>
>
>Tom suggested some mechanism:
>
>>which allows qualified moderators to structure content more
>>  powerfully than post by post.
>
>I think that's what editors do, for instance, when they set a tone for
>an editorial page and then manage the editorial writers products so the
>page makes a coherent whole rather than being a mish-mash of
>disconnected and conflicting voices.  I would love for some qualified
>person to exercise editorial authority over several of my lists and
>present me with a summary of the day's postings along with some useful
>added meaning.  Any volunteers?!
>
>>  Hm...
>I couldn't agree more.:-)
>
>Ralph Lord
>Atlanta

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