OFF: Email list vs. web forum (was Re: Hawkwind Mind Journey)

Eric Siegerman erics at TELEPRES.COM
Tue Aug 3 16:21:50 EDT 2004


On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:14:01PM -0400, Jade man wrote:
> I dont know if anyone is interested, but I find this list extremely
> awkward to use [...]

Email lists in general, or just this one?  If it's this list in
particular, what do you find awkward about it?  (Not that I could
do anything about it, since I'm not the moderator.)

> [...] and I wondered if you guys would be interested in using
> this discussion/Q&A site I created a few months ago, but had'nt been able
> to tell anyone about?
>
> http://www.myphpbb.co.uk/phpbb/index.php?forum=Jademan

Umm, my opinion is exactly the opposite of yours, I'm afraid.  I
much MUCH *MUCH* prefer email lists over web forums!  With the
latter, I have to periodically scan all the forums I'm interested
in, one after another, to check for new messages.  That's a royal
pain -- I want the messages to come to me!

Funny, ISTR having just this discussion (except maybe it was
BBS's vs. Usenet; same difference [sic]) over coffee at a Quality
Inn in London, when we were all there for HawXMas in 2000.
<waves at Arin>

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