The problem I see with only having IRC/mailing list is that there is no way to
search through archived subjects. So if there was a widespread problem with
the OpenMoko software, instead of posting a sticky in the forum about it,
people are now basically forced to ask the same question over and over
and over
again. Sure it'll happen on a forum but not to the extent of a mailing list.
Just last night I was on IRC and I must have seen people ask whos card
has been
billed 20 times. Just my 2 cents.
Richard
Quoting Knight Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 05:44:29PM -0400, Jon Radel wrote:
[Entire digest that has nothing at all to do with the above that both
you sent out again removed.]
Spam the whole mailing list? Ah, at least you're forthright and know
yourself well...
Ever occur to you two forum fans that the mailing list would work better
if you used it right? Little matters such as:
* If you're starting a new discussion thread, don't reply to an existing
e-mail; it throws off the people who use thread-aware MUAs.
* If you're replying to something in a digest cut out all the stuff
you're not replying to and fix up the subject line.
* TRIM!
* TRIM SOME MORE!
* If you're sending a "Me Too" reply, TRIM YET SOME MORE!
(See Mathew Davis's follow up for a beautiful example of trimming. :-)
I agree. My main problem with a forum is that all the ones I've have
serious deficiencies, the biggest one being that it's really easy to lose
new messages if you don't dedicate a block of time to reading all new
messages (Sometimes in just one forum, sometimes site-wide). I have yet
to see a forum software that doesn't mark them all read if you have an
emergency in the middle and have to come back later. For some people
that's fine, but I prefer that my e-mail box stores a flag in each
message and lets me read on my own time.
As for the rest, I concur. Good netiquette goes a long way. Too bad it's
a dying art.
-KW
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