Well #Charlse, much as with forums and mail, twitter and facebook have their
own bennifits and flaws.
I personally really dislike facebooks' interface and the fact that it runs
slowly on any machine I've tried it on. I also dislike the fact it throws so
much information at me, most of which I don't want such as suggested
contacts or friend requests or the like, not to mention all those people who
just write on facebook about what they've had for breakfast or whatever
which unfortunately you still! have to see lots of ieven if you don't want
to.
Twitter I've never tried but I look on a bit more favourably since you can
at least just recieve what tweets you want, however your still limited in
size of tweet and what you do with it, and the fact that twitter comes in
when you don't necessarily want rather than forum or mails which you can
check when you wish or not when you don't.
I'll also say for actual formal communications E-mails are great. They come
automatically with time and date, and you can attach things to them, indeed
I communicate with my university, both in terms of having mails of what's
going on and in terms of submitting my thesis or communicating with my
department entirely! through E-mail, as does my brothers' law firm, so all
these things have a use depending upon what you want from them and what your
personal likes or dislikes are.
All the best,
Drk.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:52 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator Important Message
I know someone who was exclusively using Twitter and Facebook. He did not
use Email because, quote, "It is old fashioned and obsolete. You should
get with the times.", end quote. He wanted to have someone play some of
his recordings in an Internet chat room for people to hear. Nobody could
receive the files because nobody used Facebook or Twitter. He complained
because he could not send them to anyone, and, finally, after this went on
for about 6 months every week, he set up an Email account. Whether it
might seem obsolete to the younger crowd, it is accessible to everyone, so
is not something that should be done away with just because it has been
around for a long time. What works works, and if it does work, don't
discard it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Important Message
Hi Tom.
Well I know people do comment about mailing lists being old fashioned,
but actually there are still lots of them around and likely to be more
considdering that people now get E-mail on their tablets, phones, even
tvs, heck, there are still! some very well established newsgroups out
there, it's all about choice hwich is why I'm in favour of keeping the
mailing list open.
if google groups is no longer workable (I admit it's been a while since I
looked into their interface), then another system might work, though
obviously that's a matter for those who run the list to decide upon since
it's yourself and the other mods who must deal with the interface and
admin console.
Indeed, this is a major difference between mailing lists and forums,
different forums can change access dramatically, and I've seen everything
from very accessible systems like Punbb, (which audiogames.net uses), to
all sorts of silly things such as proboards or even custom built systems.
Forums really can change in access and usability as much as web pages
can, where as a mailing list just gives out E-mails to members and it's
accessibility is thus entirely dependent upon a members' E-mail client,
which again is a major advantage.
All the best,
Dark.
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