Tips/Tricks Section

[Former Member]

Hello!

Would it make it easier to solve the content issue with the blogs by adding a new section where someone could post a tip or trick in a short, less verbose format? It might be better than just posting a message in a forum because it could still be visible to the masses instead of just to the people who focus on specific forums. It also may make it easier to put the proverbial "smack down" on inadequate blogs by providing another forum for quick-hit ideas.

This might also be an area where members could assign points based on the worthiness of the tip. I am not sure I am totaly cool to the idea of weblogs being graded by everyone, mostly because I think they should be heavier on content and style and not held accountable to whether or not someone can find a use for it in their environment. That may seem a little wierd, but how many times have you been in a training class and had to hear that one person say "why won't they give me a real-world example I can use?" I really think it should be a decision made by the moderators or community managers to determine if it fits in with how they want the blogs to represent.

Best Regards, <- My all time favorite sign-off!

John

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

A Tips and Tricks section is under discussion at the moment, but again that content must come from somewhere and the most accessible at the moment seems to be the weblogs.

It is sort of a catch-22, content is hard to determine without community input and all of the moderators and community managers are not experts in all areas and therefore we rely on the judgement of the community. Which can lead to some thinking, like yourself, that the blogs should have "heavier content" and some think that the blogs have "too heavy" content and that some should be made into articles instead.

The blogs and how the blogs work are under discussion, I myself am coming into those discussion late as I'm new on board so this feedback from you is most valuable and I appreicate your suggestions.

I hope others will speak up as well with what they think.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Craig;

Thanks for the response, I am glad to hear that it is being discussed. I know that the staff there does care quite a great deal about the blog issue so I am sure that it will be addressed properly.

I know the blog situation is weird, but I like an idea I read on a thread, which I can not remember, that proposed the idea of separation between social and technical blogs.

Thanks!

John

[former_member374 · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

Separation of social and technical blogs is a different issue. I personally like that they are weaved in.

Even work life shouldn't be only about solving pop-up problems. One of the highest subscribed RSS feed is Dilbert after all: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tapestrydilbert

If you are only interested in the blogs related to a certain topic, you can subscribe to the RSS feed of that topic and you will not get Humor at SAP anymore.

Select your RSS feed here:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/weblogs.sdn?blog=/pub/q/weblogs_by_topic

Therefore you can do the separation, you are not bound to what is coming up on the most recent page.

Best regards, Mark.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mark;

I certainly hope I did not come off the wrong way on my post; I was in no way trying to be derisive on how SDN is set up. I was only suggesting a way to give people a forum to "muse" on the technology rather than inform. I have many of the blogs bookmarked on my browser, most of them have made me look much more adept at my job than I probably am!

Anyway, I apologize if I seemed to be complaining - that was not my intention!

Cheers,

John

[former_member374 · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

>

> I certainly hope I did not come off the wrong way

> way on my post; I was in no way trying to be derisive

> on how SDN is set up. I was only suggesting a way to

> give people a forum to "muse" on the technology

> rather than inform.

No, not at all derisive. I had to read my responds again too, because my intention was showing possibilities for SDNers, not to rebuff your valid feedback.

Through your responds I now see the problem. As we are targeting qua lily posts at the moment in the Weblog area, we probably miss out on some good "musings" that we don't have a good venue for.

Some musings are allowed and welcomed in the Weblog area and smaller stuff can be posted here in the forum. Not ideal, but may be someone has a better idea. I just don't think there is enough for a whole seperate area.

Thanks for clarifying, Mark.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Mark;

Cool... Hopefully any changes you do make will not be met with excessive complaints. A thick skin is probably important in a forum as massive as this one...

Cheers,

John