[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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