Been several places for live chats around the blogs and some worked ok but most got turned into trash.
The good ones have registered users only on their blogs and the interactions help in comprehension of the issues.
The bad ones open to the net and Paul Bots , foul mouthed kids and DU types just can’t resist a chance to poke somebody in the eye and then run home to tell mommie after they are booted.
Live blogs suffer from refreshing both the post the blog is commenting on itself or the comment thread which is hell to keep up with which was the last comment if the traffic is high.
Mike: I wouldn’t doubt it. I was one of the early guinea pigs 2 months ago (a bit unusual because I’m usually not an early-adopter), and last night was the first real problem I had.
I’ll definitely keep an eye on your work because I’ll be doing my own liveblog (I promised myself I would do the first one where Paul-Nut wasn’t in it so I could do one where I wasn’t tempted to swear).
JustADude: There are a couple of advantages to CoverItLive – it doesn’t require a refresh to keep up, everything flows through the host of the liveblog, and everything stays in a relatively-compact window.
It is a pretty good piece of software. Do note that you as the host have to approve all comments.
About the only problem I’ve run into is a server crash last night close to the end of the Dem portion of the ABC debates.
SteveL Those poor guys up in Toronto that own Liveblogging were pulling their hair out last night.
I had a problem displaying the media library where I stored my audio clips from President Reagan.
Their system couldn’t recognize an older “AU” clip that is a favorite of Reagan fans:
http://members.aol.com/mikesamerica2/Reaganaudio/RRbombingstarts5.au
For Tuesday’s NH results we’ll also have a chat room food fight standing by as backup.
Been several places for live chats around the blogs and some worked ok but most got turned into trash.
The good ones have registered users only on their blogs and the interactions help in comprehension of the issues.
The bad ones open to the net and Paul Bots , foul mouthed kids and DU types just can’t resist a chance to poke somebody in the eye and then run home to tell mommie after they are booted.
Live blogs suffer from refreshing both the post the blog is commenting on itself or the comment thread which is hell to keep up with which was the last comment if the traffic is high.
Mike: I wouldn’t doubt it. I was one of the early guinea pigs 2 months ago (a bit unusual because I’m usually not an early-adopter), and last night was the first real problem I had.
I’ll definitely keep an eye on your work because I’ll be doing my own liveblog (I promised myself I would do the first one where Paul-Nut wasn’t in it so I could do one where I wasn’t tempted to swear).
JustADude: There are a couple of advantages to CoverItLive – it doesn’t require a refresh to keep up, everything flows through the host of the liveblog, and everything stays in a relatively-compact window.