Thursday, 23 February 2006
Some Thoughts on Buzz-o-phone
« Buzz-o-phone Quote of the Day | Main | In Palo Alto for New Communications Forum »Wow, I'm not sure what I expected but I didn't think I would be at the end of the first week thinking about how to index and filter calls. Thanks to Amanda and the Rocketboom gang, www.buzzophone.com got nearly 1000 unique visitors today and there are over 100 people subscribed to the podcast. Thanks to everyone who has called and/or listened!
The down side has been a high number of kiddie prank calls and obsesive and unneeded obscene langauge. I've been removing them as fast as I can but if it keeps up, I might have to resort to an approval system where I listen to the call before it gets posts. Bummer.
There's also a tone of shameless self promotion going on. I'm all about promotion but I wish folks would be a bit more creative. For example - post on your blog about your desire to be mentioned and ask your readers to call. I don't want to set up a bunch of silly rules, but I may have to in order to keep the content.
I'm also thinking about ways to index calls. I'm thinking about offering multiple feeds based on what people want to listen to. I need to keep it simple because I don't have much time to spend but I've got to do something fast. Other ideas - a way people can call in to comment on a previous call; and the ability for people to add their own presonal Buzz-o-phone to their blog or website.
How would you like Buzz-o-phone to improve?
