expandaneum, I'm very sorry to see you go. I hope it will end up being a short break or hiatus and we may find you poking around again in the future. Either way, it's been wonderful to have you and I hope this is not the last we have seen of you
obliguhl wrote:I don't know why so much has to be "in the background". I've heard that for a while and that is something new to the nexus. In the "old days" it was certainly more transparant and open thus creating more overall excitement and inspiration.
In the old days we didn't have the connections and engagement from *outside* people/agencies that we have begun to experience over the past 2-3 years. It's easy to be transparent when everything takes place on the forum, it's not as easy when there are other channels of communication through which information exchange is flowing.
Additionally, at least for the few projects I'm working on, if I were to take the time to post all of the correspondence with folks or status updates for projects like the Nexian, I'd never have time to do the actual work. Plus, most of it is incredibly boring, whereas the end project itself tends to be exciting. Trust me when I say that no one wants to see the logs of what hours of editing looks like, yet the excitement of seeing the published product is undeniable.
There are still completely transparent projects such as the CRP that could benefit from active community engagement...but as we saw after the initial push, most people don't find it exciting enough or care deeply enough to put in the time/effort necessary on such projects. It's not like we've checked off everything on the to-do list or roped off sections of research...there's plenty that can be done entirely out in the open...people just need to do it.
I agree with your signal to noise comment obliguhl, and I think it is well-stated. That said, we are not the forum that we were three or four or five years ago any more than any of us are the same people we were three or four or five years ago. The question is, imo, "How will we choose to grow and what will that look like?"
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