DMOZ Turns 10 - DMOZ Blog
Posted by shadow575 on June 5, 2008
The Official DMOZ Blog has now published its vision of celebrating 10 years online. The article, written by the Editor in Chief - Bob Keating is pretty good and I am glad to see it was updated. Its a fairly long post with some interesting details, so I won’t be quoting any of it. I did still want to mention it though.
I note that there is a hint as to some of the future enhancements in the works for our data users. That bit sounds interesting and exciting, all though way over my head. 
Will be curious to see some of the various implementations when the come on line.
June 9, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Of course, for many editors, the first word of some of these initiatives was in the blog post.
The belief that every editors knows everything that is going to happen is little more than an illusion. Even some long-time editors are kept in the dark.
*sigh*
June 9, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Sadly true, Spectregunner. Addressing the prolonged lack of communication between ODP management and the editorial community was something I had hoped would be a priority, when all the new Admins were appointed a few months ago. Unfortunately it sounds like this was not the case, which indicates a continued and regrettable lack of understanding within the management team about the simple concept of respecting volunteers. *Sigh* indeed.
June 10, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Its not a case about most editors not knowing, its no editors knowing. I believe that the Admins in their defense are disseminating information when its made available to them. They are often in the dark as much as the rest of us. So its not a fair statement to imply that communicating to the community isn’t a priority for the Admins. Its more fair to say that its not a priority for staff.
June 11, 2008 at 12:03 am
Thank you for reassuring me about the willingness of Admins to communicate, because of course I can’t see this for myself. Lack of communication stifles any organisation, so I’m delighted to hear that this is now being addressed.
My point was that due to their unique position and direct access to staff, Admins are the only editors who are able to bridge that information gap. Besides, with such direct access and likely involvement in discussions, it’s impossible to believe that Admins have no knowledge of events before the rest of the editor community.
Oh and by “management team” of course I meant staff as well. In any case, many staff have editor accounts, so they have access to editor forums and can read editor concerns and questions for themselves. But non-Admin editors cannot access staff except through emails, which are unfortunately seldom answered or acknowledged. Understandable, but regrettable nonetheless.