(this is very much a flow of thought - as i write im formulating this idea)
Now i know we have die hard MITMVC people here and the mentioning of other MITM sites is blasphemy. (im would prob put myself right in that catagory) But do you ever think about how you are part of the mitm fan network. its more of a deal with senior memebers, but even thought we have our own site, we are connected to other great sites like malcolm-france (and of course we have our connection tyno webmaster) and links with malcolm-mittendrin (and MITMFan webmaster over there). and even the official forums ! (wether we like it or not!
In reality the hardcore fan base is not huge and we all are closly linked by various ways.
I had one of my werid colabartive idea - of a MITM Fan Network that could be a sorta badge or banner displayed on every verfied and maintained fansite that unifies all sites as one but each site still keeping its independance.
I would give us a way of building stronger links with the wider community.
In practice i invision the system being pretty simple, you create a small icon/banner that links to a small webpage that list links to the sites in the 'network' the page could been translated with the help of the repective site obviously and it would be a unifying page.
Obviously there would need to be a system of control and management, but if say mitmvc initiated this, we would look at first for big sites eg malcolm france and malcolm mittendrin and approach them with the icon which they place and then become part of the 'management' team. now the idea is that the webmaster/admins of the sites now communicate and discuss together wether a site should be added. it must be maintained and of good content.
now say we get to the stage wether we have apprached the biggest sites we know of collectivly and the icon and network page is setup with the links to all sites envolved, we could then add to the network page a submit your site box. where new sites can submit themselves and they can be reviewed together by all existing webmasters.
The main point of this idea is to foster a scene of a wider community. with the end of mitm in sight the fan base is going to thin, so its important to keep the community together by widening scope. It will also increase awareness of other sites and increase communication between sites.
This idea is obviously at it very early satge and will obviously never work if we dont have the interest needed.
feedback, criticism, praise grately apprciated.
Now i know we have die hard MITMVC people here and the mentioning of other MITM sites is blasphemy. (im would prob put myself right in that catagory) But do you ever think about how you are part of the mitm fan network. its more of a deal with senior memebers, but even thought we have our own site, we are connected to other great sites like malcolm-france (and of course we have our connection tyno webmaster) and links with malcolm-mittendrin (and MITMFan webmaster over there). and even the official forums ! (wether we like it or not!
In reality the hardcore fan base is not huge and we all are closly linked by various ways.
I had one of my werid colabartive idea - of a MITM Fan Network that could be a sorta badge or banner displayed on every verfied and maintained fansite that unifies all sites as one but each site still keeping its independance.
I would give us a way of building stronger links with the wider community.
In practice i invision the system being pretty simple, you create a small icon/banner that links to a small webpage that list links to the sites in the 'network' the page could been translated with the help of the repective site obviously and it would be a unifying page.
Obviously there would need to be a system of control and management, but if say mitmvc initiated this, we would look at first for big sites eg malcolm france and malcolm mittendrin and approach them with the icon which they place and then become part of the 'management' team. now the idea is that the webmaster/admins of the sites now communicate and discuss together wether a site should be added. it must be maintained and of good content.
now say we get to the stage wether we have apprached the biggest sites we know of collectivly and the icon and network page is setup with the links to all sites envolved, we could then add to the network page a submit your site box. where new sites can submit themselves and they can be reviewed together by all existing webmasters.
The main point of this idea is to foster a scene of a wider community. with the end of mitm in sight the fan base is going to thin, so its important to keep the community together by widening scope. It will also increase awareness of other sites and increase communication between sites.
This idea is obviously at it very early satge and will obviously never work if we dont have the interest needed.
feedback, criticism, praise grately apprciated.