On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 22:53 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote: […] > Is it built on top of NNTP? If not, then it's a no-go right off the bat. > forum.dlang.org isn't really a forum in the normal sense. It's merely a web > interface for a newsgroup, and many of us access it either through > newsreaders > or as a mailing list and never use the web interface at all. […]
Another activity I am involved with (which shall remain unnamed to protect the guilty) moved from a pure mailing list (which annoyed those who think forums are great and that email is so last millenium) to a pure forum with no email list capability (which really pissed of those of who are mail oriented and think forums are spawn of the devil and should be nuked). To preserve an online community you have to have a system that services those who like forums and those who like email. Sadly most of the new cloudy forum systems think email is something people had to do in 1980 but no longer need. This arrogant disdain of personal work flow is just as bad as saying forums have no place in the world. Newsreaders are a different issue ;-) -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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