Clap! Clap! Clap! Finally, an intelligent and civilised response. Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mahlah Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Website and Forum?
> Alright. Merely out of annoyance of the goings on within this thread I have > decided to respond. > > First off, I think a forum would be useful merely for archiving reasons. I can > honestly say I have no idea what is available for forums and options they can > have. But, a forum which could potentially have the capabilities of a search > engine, and the possibility for someone to respond to a thread and then have > the response sent to both the forum and the mailing list at the same time > would be beneficial. IMO. > > I personally, do not use forums anymore. I have found them slow, and the ones > I have used haven't been very good at blocking spam. I PERSONALLY prefer > email, but that is JUST ME. I cannot speak for anyone else, and neither > should anyone else. > > Although, if I were wanting to search for a thread of some sort I would > probably use it for that purpose. Something I have no interest in now, may > just very well become of interest to me a year from now. Therefore, I feel > archives/forums in that sense can be very useful. > > I do not think it is fair to criticize an idea. If one person thinks it may be > useful, then there is probably others out there that would feel the same way. > Now to say.. due to the general responses from the list, having a forum is a > bad idea is just silly. Only time will tell how well the forum really does, > and it may even be surprising to some what the results may be. > > If someone is willing to put the forum together, then that is amazing. And > thank you to whoever wishes to contribute such things to CLUG. > > I didn't respond earlier to this thread because I felt all the issues about a > forum had already come up, and there is no point in flooding the list with > thoughts and opinions already shared. > > Replacing one with the other is pure silliness as well. Why? Because there is > obviously alot of people using the list, and to force people to do something > else would more likely then not create alot of readers to lose interest > merely due to time restraints. Besides, whose to say everyone uses graphical > based applications?! > > Options & Choices is the key! > > So therefore, create a forum. If there's people who don't want to use it, then > don't use it. Plain and Simple!!!! There's no need to go telling others that > because you wont use it, it should not exist. That is just unfair to those > who just might find it useful after all and may or may not be currently > present on this list. ie. future members > > Alright, now that I have got that out of my system. Good evening! > > Regards, > Mahlah Hansen > > > >
