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

[GREG LINDH]

  Hi Del,

  I agree with you.  If I'm away from my computer for just a few days, I have a couple of hundred e-mails to go through.  What a pain.  Plus, I have to look very carefully at the e-mails because I delete the vast majority of the ones from the meteorite list.  If I don't check the e-mails carefully, I may delete an actual e-mail from a friend.  It's happened before.
  I've moderated a Yahoo Group (forum) for about 6 years and it is much more user friendly than the Meteorite List.  I love all of the knowledge that is given out by the members of this list.  I just wish it didn't come to me in my e-mail.

  With respect,
                       Greg Lindh 




> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:35:18 -0800
> From: paseclipse at yahoo.com
> To: h3chondrite at cox.net; bobadebt at ec.rr.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forum format?
>
> 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  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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