[Gmecm] The forum lives...

[Mark Mansur]

From: "Andrew Huxtable" <ahuxtable at sola.com.au>
> I find it interesting that you think that there are too many
> categories for the new forum.


Actually, this was my statement:

"A forum that most closely follows the mailing list 'feel' is one that has 
as few categories as possible."

It wasn't taht I think there are too many categories for the new forum. Just 
clarifying. =)

-M


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Mark Mansur
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:15 PM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: [Gmecm] The forum lives...
>
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>
> (In response to a previous email, quotation is important, be it in email 
> or
> in a forum. For example...)
>
>>If we could filter out the MSN-speak chaff, we'd really have something!
>
> Can that be done in this email format? Let's see:
>
> =) lol. ROTFL.
>
> I guess not. Perhaps that means we don't have something now? It's really 
> up
> to the poster (or sender of the email) to refrain from these kinds of
> things.
>
> For what it's worth (or "FWIW"), I think a forum format has solid merit. A
> forum that most closely follows the mailing list "feel" is one that has as
> few categories as possible (does an email list have categories?), is as
> simple as possible, and offers email subscription to threads. The forum in
> its current incarnation has far too many categories. I personally prefer a
> forum over a mailing list, so I'm very happy to see the experimentation 
> that
>
> is currently happening around this. I'm a member here because there's no
> other way to get the (wonderful) information available via this list; the
> archive is laughable, IMO (IMO = "In my opinion" for the non-mavens of
> "MSN-speak" among us).
>
> That's just my $2.50.
>
> Oh, and, Steve - any chance we could have the archive asterisk-replace
> portions of our email addresses? The <email alias> "at" <domain.tld> 
> format
> as it uses currently is pretty easily parsed by spam bots these days via 
> the
>
> major search engines. I already have enough spam in my inbox, which,
> ironically, is another reason I prefer forums.
>
> -M
>
> PS - this is light-heartedly written
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cowen" <captain_krill at yahoo.com>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 6:02 PM
> Subject: [Gmecm] The forum lives...
>
>
> I've been lurking, with a few posts when I think I can
> contribute, for about 2 years.  The Jeep is running so
> well in closed loop with it's hodge-podge mix of GM
> goodies, I haven't learned to reprogram - but I will
> (for open loop improvements mostly).  I've become
> accustomed to reading every post on the digest, and
> I've slowly learned quite a bit.  You guys have a lot
> of knowledge!
> I wasn't sure I'd like the forum Andrew put together,
> but I did enjoy looking it over.  That said, the
> emoticons and LOL, OMG, ROTFL junk seems pretty
> infantile.  AM I that old at 35??  If we could filter
> out the MSN-speak chaff, we'd really have something!
>
>
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