[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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