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

[Delbert Waterbury]

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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