Nice summation, aapezzuto.
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Originally Posted by aapezzuto
Part of our problem is steaming from a lack of a clear and openly agreed upon central goal of the website. It would not surprise me if we remain at an impasse until such a central goal is developed.
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Well I suppose Alex would have to give the final word on that matter, as it's really his sandbox that we're building castles in.
However, I can offer a summation as to what I see MobileRead as being.
First off, it's a community. One made up of remarkably civil and intelligent (in some cases, very intelligent -- no, I
don't mean me) members on the whole -- this has always struck me as the most unique aspect of MobileRead, and I point it out because I think it's one of the defining characteristics of the community.
As far as focus, it's pretty techno-focused, which takes in or touches on most gadgetry at various points, but particularly dwells on things that are related to reading or which affect reading in some way. And also paying particular attention to mobility.
So as I see it, the three boiled down, defining aspects of the community that is MobileRead are Books, Electronics, and Mobility.
The Books and the Mobility seem to stay very constant, the electronics seem to vary according to what's currently becoming available. The reason we have the "thumb" icon now, is that at the time, cell-phones were more the focus of the site, but it's been focused more sharply on reading for some years now. Longer than I've been privileged to be a part of it, anyway.
Other takes on the matter?