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

Thu Feb 21 18:06:06 EST 2008

I'll give that a try Norton. Thanks!

Del

--- Norbert Classen <riffraff at timewarp.de> wrote:

> Hi Del & Greg,
> 
> If you visit the meteoritecentral site (the home of
> this list), and check
> your own subscription settings you will notice that
> there is an option to
> deactivate email delivery for times such as vacation
> - it's just one click,
> and you won't have to wade through hundreds of
> emails after your return. And
> then there is the digest mode, and much more. Yeap,
> mailing lists did evolve
> during the last decade, and they are surely not "out
> of time" ,-)
> To me, being part of this list is like walking into
> my favorite pub after
> work. I often meet old friends, make new friends,
> and I'm free to
> participate in discussions, and I'm free to relax or
> to listen to all the
> meteorite gossip going on. Sometimes there's even a
> good deal to be had, or
> firsthand information on new finds and falls that
> would be hard to find
> without having to search the net for hours and
> hours. And if I don't like a
> post or a thread there's always the good old delete
> key.
> Forums can be neat, for sure - but they are usually
> more like that modern
> type of bar with separate rooms where some folks get
> together at this, and
> others on that table. Most of the meteorite forums
> I've visited thus far are
> lacking the chaotic but familiar charm of this list.
> Thanks to Art for all
> his efforts to keep this good old list up and
> running!
> 
> Cheers,
> Norbert
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> 
>   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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