Hi Charles, Yes, if someone posted wherever they felt like on a forum posts would get quite lost. Fortunately, most forum users tend to be more orderly than list members when it comes to subject lines and topic content, and a big part of that could be because all posts are arranged by topic rather than responded to in a first come first received manner as is the case on list.
The other advantage of forums I see is because all the posts of a particular thread are there you can see every post from the first one to the current one so you don't get a lot of extraneous crap. A moderator can move topics to a different room, or can delete certain posts if they stray too far off the topic at hand. Forums are by there very nature more orderly and organized than lists. Cheers! On 3/20/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > I prefer Email lists like this one because I don't have to search topics and > > threads to find what I'm looking. This is why I stress the importance of > subject lines. I get hundreds every day, so I read or delete based on that > > subject line. Example: I changed the subject line here because it more > correctly tells what I'm talking about. I'm not discussing the important > message from a moderator. I'm discussing the pros and cons of forums and > Email lists, giving my preference. > > Would you run into the same problem with a forum? If someone posts to > wherever they feel like rather than where they should, wouldn't messages get > > to where they shouldn't? > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
