198703 Resource 174050 173239 24 1204649997307 1216689574091 Controlled Simply 'conversations' Why distributed online conversations are not channels... <p>Bill:</p><p>Great stuff, thanks Bill! I'm adding on to this conversation as well:<br /><br />&quot;Channels&quot; does not sufficiently describe the dynamics of distributed online conversations - so why not simply call them &quot;conversations&quot;? </p> 9 application/xml false channels collaborative filtering distributed conversations 'Channels' does not sufficiently describe the dynamics of distributed online conversations. The way I used "channels" in my post on 'The End of Channels?' was with the traditional notion of, if you will, media titles, in mind: TV/radio channels or shows, zines, newspapers, websites, blogs, forums... http://www.josschuurmans.com/2008/03/channels-does-n.html But if we look passed the keeper of the gate and over the garden wall, I am willing to accept that channels - as in "meta-handlers" - are not necessarily disappearing, but rather evolving into new forms, such as distributed conversations connected by tags. Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Dosware Team Internet Browser; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 bfrench 76.120.48.245 192677 false true false false true 174050 blog blogsite/Blogsite/moderated