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This page gives a quick overview of what works for what and what to beware of [ edit | edit source ]
Good for
Not good for
Pros
Cons
Watch out for
AOB
Learning Curve
Mailing lists
Coordinating activities, keeping in touch with supporters,
Sharing large files, collaborative work on-line, recruiting new support
Simple, quick and cheap
Low visibility
Trolls
easy (Send and Reply email)
Wikis
Collaborative work
Tasks that require hierarchy and secrecy
Cheap, easy to use, transparent, in many cases much better than using e-mails, history area (nothing is ever erased)
History area all actions are documented
Spam
Steep (needs a tutorial - new people have difficulty embracing wikis)
Social networking sites
Keeping up-to-date on people, finding friends of friends who can assist, searching for people with specific skills, job searching
People whom you do not know who want you to join their network for no good reason
easy
Forums
Discussing a specific question, expressing many opinions, moving towards a decision
Long discussions that last many weeks or months
"Flaming" wars: people getting emotional and upset about a topic. That is the time to move the discussion to another format (phone, face-to-face meeting)
easy
Shared Referencing
Finding out about links that might interest you, sharing links you identified, promoting links so others learn about them