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

[Michael L Blood]

Hi Greg and all,
        The greatest problem I have with the list is people send
Me private emails with the list in the subject box: Since I sometimes
Don't read all the posts or sometimes take days to read them all,
This means some private posts never reach me.
        We would all do well to NEVER send a private post  with
[meteorite-list] in the subject box - unless it is preceded with
"OFF LIST" 
        My 2 cents.
        Michael

on 2/21/08 1:41 PM, GREG LINDH at geeg48 at msn.com wrote:

> 
>   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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