[Gmecm] comments on reorganizing lists

[Dustin Lof]

I only contribute to the list when I am confident what
I have to say would be helpful, but I do read and
learn alot.  I like the idea of a hybrid approach
where if you can go directly to the forum, recieve an
email for every new post, or get a digest email at the
end of each day.  If a person wanted to reply to the
email it could contain a link that would send you to
the forum. That way everyone is reading every post on
that subject before they reply 

If this list ever becomes high volume, in my opinon
the forum approach would be best.  75-100 emails a day
like on IATN would induce stress on my marital status.
 But IATN wants $10 a month before you can see the
arcives so there are a lot of questions asked over and
over.

Whatever you do it is bound to stirr someone up, but
over time they seem to either go away or get over it. 
Dustin Lof

 

--- Gary Evans <gary at garyandliz.com> wrote:

> I don't contribute to this list much either, but I
> do "listen" a lot.  
> I agree with that a froum style is superior for
> maintaining context  
> of threads and preserving past discussions. The
> ability to search for  
> answers to common questions is valuable.
> 
> On the other hand, I much prefer the "push" feature
> of an e-mail  
> based list. For the most part I just like to listen,
> and I am afraid  
> I would be unlikely to do that if I had to open my
> web browser and go  
> to a forum web site to check for new posts.
> 
> Perhaps a hybrid approach is best. I would be quite
> satisfied with a  
> forum system that optionally allowed email copies of
> posted messages  
> to be sent out. In my opinion, this could be a
> one-way function; the  
> ability to post messages to the forum via e-mail is
> not terribly  
> important to me, I could always go to the forum site
> to post if the  
> discussion warrants a reply.
> 
> -Gary
> 
> 
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