[meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forum format?

[Delbert Waterbury]

I agree with this too! A lot of very good info here
and boy it really sucks if you go on vacation or
something because you'll have 100+ emails to clean
out.

The least that could be done for a forum is maybe
setting up something through Yahoo. It isn't that
difficult to do and it would probably take an hour or
two to setup.

Del


--- JKGwilliam <h3chondrite at cox.net> wrote:

> David and List,
> I don't know the answer to your questions, but they
> sure make 
> sense.  About a year and a half ago, I finally shut
> down the 
> Meteorite Impact Forum due to a lack of
> participation.  Even with 
> nearly 200 registered members, there was very little
> traffic for the 
> final three months.  Online forums offer a lot of
> updated features 
> that the old mail servers don't.  The one feature
> that I really like, 
> and is reason enough to use a forum, is that replies
> stay in 
> chronological order.  I don't know about the rest of
> you, but it's 
> very frustrating for me to try and read all the
> replies to a thread 
> in order. I end up reading all the replies and then
> try guessing what 
> order they should be in.  If you miss even one
> reply, some threads 
> don't make sense. With a forum, this doesn't happen.
> My only guess is that the Meteorite List has been
> around for a long 
> time ( I've been here for 10 years) that no one
> wants to mess with 
> convention.   Or, could it be an old dog/new trick
> issue?
> 
> Best,
> 
> John
> 
> At 12:56 PM 2/21/2008, David & Kitt Deyarmin wrote:
> >I'm not trying to stir up trouble or incite
> arguments I'm just curious.
> >
> >Email lists are by today's standard an antiquated
> venue for 
> >discussing any hobby.
> >
> >They have many limitations and can be taxing on
> your email inbox, 
> >which is why I receive the Dailey Digest. I delete
> them and do all 
> >of my reading from the archives.
> >
> >Online forums are easier to use and the posted info
> is easier to track.
> >
> >Plus it's easy to ignore topics that you're not
> interested in 
> >without having to pick through a bunch of emails.
> >
> >However, I would like to understand why so many of
> the members here 
> >prefer not to use forums.
> >
> >I want to make it clear that I'm not trying stir up
> trouble, I'm 
> >just trying to understand the aversion most of this
> list has to using a forum.
> >
> >
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