[meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an onlineforum format?
From: Delbert Waterbury <paseclipse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:06:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <937980.36782.qm_at_web51303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 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 > > -----Urspr?ngliche 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. > >>> > >>> > >>>______________________________________________ > >>>http://www.meteoritecentral.com > >>>Meteorite-list mailing list > >>>Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > >> > >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > >> > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > > Never miss a thing. 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