Hedir Review : Serious editor churn at Dmoz !!

topgun9 · Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 19 718 Hedir Points

# Active editor accounts on 1 January 2005: ~8,000
# New editors accepted in 2005: 4,776
# Active editor accounts on 31 December 2005: ~ 7,744

Source: http://research.dmoz.org/publish/chris2001/odp_reports/report_2005.htm

Is there a oppurtunity here for hedir to attract the editors leaving dmoz ?

Very Happy

millovic · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 92 2742 Hedir Points

we should ask these guys to join us. what say?

redhex · Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 559 18636 Hedir Points

I beg to differ: Why should we ask them over?

If they are active editors over there, chances are they cannot afford the committement over here. Likewise if they are not active over there, what makes them more active over here?

The culture over at dmoz is much more different then it is here. Over here, all approved site is clearly for us to see. The process and all. What I really like here is that the submitter have a say and opportunity in correcting and improving the submitted website. Over at dmoz, the editor has the final say. And the meta has even a bigger say. If your site is out, and the editor dun feel like telling you about it, there is nuts you can do.

I have equal respect for both system and both has its pros and cons.

I guess hedir should keep things as it is and use word of mouth to build itself up. (I am lost at times to refer hedir as he or she?), both in terms of links and community. Last thing I want to see if for some roguish dmoz editor to be here and "throw" their weight around.

Brett · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

editors leaving? or editors that just don't have the time? Dmoz is slipping into slow mode...

Edmond Dantès · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

I agree with BRETT.

John · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 79 2716 Hedir Points

DMOZ has never made it out of slow mode!

lakhya · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 473 15238 Hedir Points

DMOZ is still the big one and holds a lot of respect in many quarters. The decline is due to attachment to same set of principles . Any online venture needs to evolve with time.

Señor COOL · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:

lakhya, thank you for saying what all of us are thinking: the few people left at DMOZ are the ones who haven't evolved their concepts or thinking, and it shows in both their site and the attitudes of those who operate it.

Quite frankly, I don't think we should be trying to recruit any former DMOZ editors just because they did it once before. Let them come and earn their spots, like the rest of us had to.