By Petra Moog
Are you used to get "one-way" your information from newspaper
or a periodical, means in a non-interactive way? Do you often wish
to respond immediately to some articles or features? But writing a
letter to the editor is too annoying because of time spent, effort
and moreover because of the time-lag in between your reaction and
the potential publication. Moreover, do you want to discuss something
with a group of people interested in the same thing but with controversial
ideas about this issue? This wasn't possible with the traditional
media, but with the Internet it is, go to Lucianne.com.
With Lucianne.com, a real time site, you can realize all this, if
you are willing to get registered, to accept some rules and to invest
some time in discussing the issue. The technological and textual context
of Lucianne.com rests on the (old) idea of news-groups.
At Lucianne.com users can send in articles they read in different
newspaper or channels and give their personal comment on this subject/issue.
Than every other user can reply and comment. To participate in this
process registration is needed. Lucianne.com especially wants the
users to express their own opinion on a subject but not on a personal
debate. Most of the time it works (may be because of the monitoring
by the L.com staff).
This site is made for people who like to discuss in the way people
did in the French Salons. So if you like to have a debate on the latest
things ongoing at Washington, you should have a look on Lucianne.com.
Especially because Lucianne is a well-known character in the world
of political debates: she is the so called 'Queen of dishes' this
might influence this web site and the discussions. But every issue
or subject out in the political field (Kosovo, etc.) with a today's
interest is welcome to be discussed at Lucianne.com.
The site will go along well with you, if you like some cynical or
humorist discussions, comments, comics and pictures. And moreover
if you are more liberal in your opinions…
Besides that you can join every weekend the so called 'Idiot weekend
round table' where every weekend another topic - given by the L.com
staff - is discussed. This is in some kind an open chat or guest book.
Here people communicate about one subject the whole weekend and you
can react on everything real time.
Moreover every day (at 11 am, at 5 pm there is an encore performance)
Lucianne Goldberg herself does a life discussion/chat with the users
and/or some special guests from newspapers, etc. To join this event
you have to switch to a linked web-page: http://www.broadcast.com/radio/talk/trn/
On Saturday (3pm) and Sunday (2pm) there are some best-off of old
shows. And sometimes Sometime Lucianne gives a special like: Prez
Dispenser: The Clinton Scandals. Clinton expert and Linda Tripp confidante
Lucianne Goldberg candidly chats with the New York Post about the
former president and whether the presidency will ever recover. Wednesday,
March 7th at 7pET/4pPT.
To conclude and wrap up: Lucianne.com is a site where people can
exchange there opinions and communicate on political or other subjects
there are interested in. Easy to handle, fun, informative (you can
participate in everything and how much you want… ). This web
site is a useful place for people who want to discuss with peers and
extrovert their liberal oriented opinions.