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September 30, 2008 by Ben Shoemate

Google has launched “Google Moderator”

September 26, 2008 by Ben Shoemate

Google has launched “Google Moderator,” a group question tool built on Google’s app engine.

Google Moderator allows anyone attending a function or forum to submit a question, and then give other participants a way to vote on whether or not that question should be asked to who ever is on stage. The theory being that the most popular and relevant questions would, according to Google, rise to the top so that the presenter or the moderator of an event could run the discussion more efficiently and in a transparent manner.

The new service was originally used internally within Google. Stan Schroeder at Mashable notes that “Sometimes it seems to me that the most useful of Google’s projects come from their engineers 20-80 rule.”

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September 19, 2008 by Ben Shoemate

Have you ever been to a night club and seen those long lines with
the velet ropes and a bouncer letting people in one by one? Just
because there is a long line doesn’t mean the club is full. It doesn’t
even mean the club is any good. The night club owner is creating the
*impression* of demand by keeping people waiting outside. Others drive
by and wonder what they are missing and soon they get in line
themselves.

You can do the same thing yourself by “seeding” the
comments on your blog post. When you post an article, save a little of
what you have to say about the issue and post it as the first comment.
Once people see that a conversation has started, they are more likely
to join in then they are to start one themselves in an empty room.

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