tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907460085173899918.post5863641148005304230..comments2023-03-22T04:28:55.000-07:00Comments on Debate News: Debate News Sources ProliferateAlfred Charles Sniderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478595639198105911noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907460085173899918.post-3094662177446720072007-08-05T08:39:00.000-07:002007-08-05T08:39:00.000-07:00Hi Alfred,I agree that we should open lines of com...Hi Alfred,<BR/>I agree that we should open lines of communication to better optimize how we share info and promote debating. We more than likely have overlap on our readership (the largest "country hits" I get on my tracker is from the US). <BR/><BR/>However I expect there are also a lot of readers who only visit one of the sites.<BR/><BR/>The recent, shall we say, "issue" with the Red Mosque post on my site shows that while we would like to think that debaters are more open minded and informed than the average person some cultural barriers still remain between the debaters of US, Europe and Asia.<BR/><BR/>I agree we're not competitors (although I’m sure we will still all try to beat each other on announcing the breaking news but that sort of competition is good for the end user). I don't generally copy posts from your site or Stalin's. When I have they tend to be invitations to events that I believe deserve publicity. When I have sourced an article at a site I've listed the source.<BR/><BR/>If there is an interesting article on one of the sites I put it onto the News Feed section to link people to the article at its original home.<BR/><BR/>While I would argue that I was on Blogger since 2005 and therefore it is I who should welcome you and Stalin to the format ;-) I will admit to joining you and Stalin in using news feed sources such as google reader and yahoo. I have around 170 feeds on google reader and at least 100 of these are debating.<BR/><BR/>That said a significant number of updates still come in on e-mail either directly or from the many mailing lists I've joined over the years (e.g. today’s post from Jens). <BR/><BR/>I would like to see us as members of the same media "family". The analogy of CNN-US, CNN-Europe and CNN-Asia springs to mind as it's on the TV in the corner. Perhaps this idea of affiliates or members of a group of quality debate blogs is something we can work on to help promote all the sites.<BR/><BR/>I'll send you an e-mail to start things off.<BR/><BR/>ColmCchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308771027417054757noreply@blogger.com