Comments on: BackFence.com Downsizing http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/01/05/backfencecom-downsizing/ ... about neighbors, community and Front Porch Forum Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linda Langer http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/01/05/backfencecom-downsizing/#comment-3293 Linda Langer Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:13:16 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=52#comment-3293 Michael, Pete Haskell brought you to my attention. It has always been my understanding that Marian St. was named for my mother, Marian Keast Atwood. She was the beloved niece of CP and Lessel Keast Smith who were among the first residents of Marian St. and were given the opportunity to name the street. Thanks, Linda Langer Michael,

Pete Haskell brought you to my attention. It has always been my understanding that Marian St. was named for my mother, Marian Keast Atwood. She was the beloved niece of CP and Lessel Keast Smith who were among the first residents of Marian St. and were given the opportunity to name the street.

Thanks,

Linda Langer

]]> By: Citizen Media Watch » Trouble at Backfence? http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/01/05/backfencecom-downsizing/#comment-239 Citizen Media Watch » Trouble at Backfence? Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:38:01 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=52#comment-239 [...] Michael Wood-Lewis at Front Porch Forum, another local media site that seems to focus on neighbourhoods rather than towns, has this analysis: Perhaps BackFence isn’t aiming at the right target. Stories that appeal to an audience across a 50,000 to 100,000 population, i.e., BackFence’s target (e.g., “city council enacts smoking ban in restaurants”) may best be reported by professional journalist, as has been the case for generations. Stories that appeal to residents of one neighborhood, supposedly the cornerstone of BackFence (e.g., “utility work closes Maple St. and Birch Ct. to through traffic this week”) are not of interest to the other 49,000 people in town. [...] [...] Michael Wood-Lewis at Front Porch Forum, another local media site that seems to focus on neighbourhoods rather than towns, has this analysis: Perhaps BackFence isn’t aiming at the right target. Stories that appeal to an audience across a 50,000 to 100,000 population, i.e., BackFence’s target (e.g., “city council enacts smoking ban in restaurants”) may best be reported by professional journalist, as has been the case for generations. Stories that appeal to residents of one neighborhood, supposedly the cornerstone of BackFence (e.g., “utility work closes Maple St. and Birch Ct. to through traffic this week”) are not of interest to the other 49,000 people in town. [...]

]]> By: Michael http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/01/05/backfencecom-downsizing/#comment-157 Michael Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:04:51 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=52#comment-157 More being written about this... most of what I've found is in the Comments of the Local Onliner post or linked to there. More being written about this… most of what I’ve found is in the Comments of the Local Onliner post or linked to there.

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