Tag: site comments
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March 16, 2006 10:48 AM EST --
This article is a derivative of Candida Bohnne-Eittreim's article Rudeness and The Internet. Good read! I set this up as a new article because I didn't want to drag her thread into specific directions . . .
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January 25, 2006 04:12 PM EST --
I have thus far enjoyed my experience in posting my writings on Gather. I think this is a great service with a lot of potential for exposing talented people to the sort of attention they would not . . .
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December 21, 2005 05:56 PM EST --
When writing for or commenting on the internet, sometimes it comes in handy to know a little HTML. HTML stands for "Hyper-Text Mark-up Language", and it is the code underlying every webpage. . . .
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February 13, 2006 07:18 AM EST --
If one of the purposes of Gather is to help the writers who contribute to it develop their skills as writers, the practice of being able to rate an article without commenting on the article . . .
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February 18, 2006 11:33 AM EST --
So, you're new to gather. You've come to gather.com to share your writings with other people. The trick is having people read what you're sharing.
You've published a couple of articles . . .
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March 15, 2006 04:50 PM EST --
In spite of all the wonderful tools the internet offers, from education to communicating ideas, there is a growing downside to the world wide web-rudeness.
Almost . . .
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March 16, 2006 11:15 PM EST --
One of the biggest areas of concern with regard to site enhancements, seems to be Gather's "rating system". Personally, I have become quite lax (and liberal) about the . . .
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December 14, 2005 09:59 AM EST --
While I like the idea of ratings, it is interesting to note that there is no published standard. At least none that I have found. The rating structure, if the writer is interested, discourages . . .
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December 27, 2005 07:55 PM EST --
I grew up in a town of about 600 people. My dad wrote at least 30 and maybe as many as 80 or 100 letters to the editor. He told me that a long time back the editor of the paper . . .
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April 19, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
You know you're a Gatherholic when.
1) The phrase, "You've caught us. We're in the process of updating our site" gives you the same pit-of-the-stomach sensation as being locked out . . .
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March 25, 2006 01:25 AM EST --
surely one more verse?
one more thought or one more quip
gather one more hour
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April 25, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
The other day, I was trying to explain to someone about the power of community. I explained that the magic of a community happens when people not only contribute their own expertise, but also engage . . .
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May 01, 2006 11:41 AM EDT --
I refuse to join a gather group that would have me as a member. To paraphrase the great Groucho Marx.
Gather's Valentines Day gift to all of us gatherites was the ability to form and join groups. . . .
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June 16, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
Kind of a verbose title isn't it? Well, I woke up with a serious case of logorrhea this morning, so bear with me and read the article any way.
Now, on to what I really want . . .
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November 28, 2005 11:44 AM EST --
Welcome bloggers, casual writers, and published authors. The Gather community is growing steadily and we are happy that you have joined us and are contributing your content.
Gather is different than . . .
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January 06, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
Recognizing that Gather doesn't censor, its time for contributors to take greater responsibility.
I've been on Gather for four months now and have noticed a significant change in the tenor of . . .
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February 01, 2006 10:46 PM EST --
When people attempt to defend our current government's policy to torture prisoners in Gitmo and Abu Ghraib prisons…and maybe many others that we don't know about…they often state, correctly, . . .
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March 04, 2006 08:11 PM EST --
This morning, I wrote a Rod Serlingesque story called Gather Groups? It was a fun little ditty that drew upon a few interesting events in my experience here and then expanded in my strange outlook. . . .
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April 15, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
I agree with those gatherites who have argued for a requirement that one must post a comment in order to rate an article. The use and misuse of the rating system is more difficult to address. I have . . .
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January 08, 2006 09:53 PM EST --
As a writer I like to have my work read, and I do it only for the feedback. Gather.com is great because I can get critiqued by other authors, but I really like the work to voted . . .
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