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Frustration satisfied

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1. At 02:12 PM on 25 Oct 2007, The Intermittent Horse wrote:

   And all the Bournemouth Froggers disappeared into the quicksand that is 502!

2. At 07:21 PM on 25 Oct 2007, Big Sister wrote:

   Bravo, Sequin! And that is a lovely picture of Lord Rodgers, who always interviews as an interesting and gentle guy. Am I right? :o)

3. At 07:28 PM on 25 Oct 2007, Simon wrote:

   Lord Rodgers is outside his practice, which overlooks the Boat Race course in Hammersmith. That's Harrods Depository behind him, and Hammersmith Bridge in the distance.

4. At 07:29 PM on 25 Oct 2007, Chris Ghoti wrote:

   I keep reading 'frustration satisfied' at the top of this thread as 'frustration guaranteed'. It must be something to do with my expectations of the frog at the moment. *sigh*

5. At 12:08 AM on 26 Oct 2007, mittfh wrote:

   12:16am, Friday 26th October.

   I sent a comment at some ridiculously late hour last night and it was accepted almost immediately. Will this follow likewise, or will it be 502'd out of existence?

6. At 01:41 AM on 26 Oct 2007, wrote:

   Carolyn! - Wonders will never cease!

   Busy night at the Cransley! - Guess who popped in to have a chat! - ???

   No! You were all wrong! - He is still in China!

   Anne Charleston! - Bless her cottons.

   Anyhoo - she was catching up with gossip after last Christmas. She is now a star on Emmerdale - for a few Months I gather. People who look at the cams should spot her coming down the stairs at - 10:00
   
   I Did tell her all about Carolyn - the Blog - and Eddie - however converstion wandered back to Emmerdale where Anne will be seen for a few Months :-)

   Great that the blog seems to be working and Anne sends her love to PM
   

7. At 08:34 AM on 26 Oct 2007, Jason Good wrote:

   The blog is, as far as I understand it, intended to facilitate communication between the programme team and the listeners with the intention of making the programme itself "more interactive" (a la Sony award).

   Putting the 502 problems aside (tricky, I know), there are still huge problems with the system as is.

   First of all, it is impossible to tell whether anyone has replied to a particular posting without reading that thread. Compare that with very simple bulletin board software (like php) which shows the date/time/poster name of the last comment and highlights those threads which have comments unread by the current user. (Which is why I am posting here and not under Marc's post.)

   Second, the indeterminate moderation time means you cannot tell that 50 others have already responded to Disgusted of Tonbridge Wells' rant about something or other.

   It really is no good telling us that the Blog's problems are down to us not using it properly...all we are trying to do is pass comments within the constraints we face. We are users of other blogs/bulletin boards etc and know what can and can't be achieved at reasonable cost because we use other sites daily - many of them run on shoestring budgets.

   Take a look at the Life on Mars fan forum as an example

   If the Beeb wants to involve the audience in a meaningful and useable way then it has to decide to trust it's users whilst having mechanisms in place to handle the inevitable idiot/malicious poster. And it has to make the medium fit for purpose. Or simply not bother.

   I do hope the problems get resolved.

8. At 09:26 AM on 26 Oct 2007, Big Sister wrote:

   Jonnie: Were you referring to James Naughtie? ;o)