When you had a physical newsletter, you had no conversation tied to the item at all, and somehow the world failed to end. With search features, tags, topic categories and topic-dedicated forums, finding stuff on a discussion forum isn't all that difficult.
Facebook does not allow messages to be propagated and aggregated in another system, and in any event Facebook's delivery really isn't suitable for more than exchange of short messages - long and reasoned discussions from many people is not it's forte. The fact that everyone is on Facebook doesn't make it the place you want to hold your conversations. It is at best an entry point, and should be viewed as such.
You can, of course, help the system along somewhat. Don't send out the entire news item (for Twitter, you *can't* send out the full item). Send out a headline, maybe an abstract, and a link to the full article. Interested parties click the link and are taken directly to the item of interest, which also happens to be the context for engaging in conversation, so it is pretty seamless for the user.
I'm not specifically a booster for vBulletin. That's simply the system I'm most familiar with. Pick the package that does what you want best, of course.
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Date: 2011-11-30 04:39 pm (UTC)When you had a physical newsletter, you had no conversation tied to the item at all, and somehow the world failed to end. With search features, tags, topic categories and topic-dedicated forums, finding stuff on a discussion forum isn't all that difficult.
Facebook does not allow messages to be propagated and aggregated in another system, and in any event Facebook's delivery really isn't suitable for more than exchange of short messages - long and reasoned discussions from many people is not it's forte. The fact that everyone is on Facebook doesn't make it the place you want to hold your conversations. It is at best an entry point, and should be viewed as such.
You can, of course, help the system along somewhat. Don't send out the entire news item (for Twitter, you *can't* send out the full item). Send out a headline, maybe an abstract, and a link to the full article. Interested parties click the link and are taken directly to the item of interest, which also happens to be the context for engaging in conversation, so it is pretty seamless for the user.
I'm not specifically a booster for vBulletin. That's simply the system I'm most familiar with. Pick the package that does what you want best, of course.