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

From: Delbert Waterbury <paseclipse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:35:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <920738.26441.qm_at_web51308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

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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