i'm just out walking the dog. On 15/02/2009, Kitteny Berk <[email protected]> wrote: > Not so. > > As posted by Burton Johnsey; > > "Given the feedback received from the list, we are holding off migrating > the mailing lists to the forums. >> The intent of migrating to the forums was to leverage the benefits and >> features of the forums to further strengthen the community, giving us a >> central spot to gather feedback. The forum software is continually being >> updated by vBulletin and is flexible enough to also allow us to add our >> own features. >> >> To address a couple of specific concerns about the forums: >> >> - Membership - We can keep the membership in the DS forums private so that >> random forum users cannot post. >> - Moderation - We can assign moderators for specific forums. Moderators >> would be volunteers from the current mailing list participants. >> - Forum server performance - We have upgraded the system that runs the >> forums and we do not experience the lag we were experiencing in the past >> - The forums are accessible to more people than the mailing list." >> >> We want to make things better, not worse. We appreciate any further >> feedback you have to offer. > > > > Olly wrote: >> It's irrelevant as this list will be gone by Friday. >> >> 2009/2/15 Kitteny Berk <[email protected]> >> >> >>> Now, consider your message by the same standards. >>> >>> It's not going to add value, or worthwhile content. You're just gonna >>> make people question who the fuck you are to be telling us how to post >>> on this list. >>> >>> As such, going by your guidelines, I request you not post on this >>> subject again, as it adds no value, just unnecessary guidelines that >>> no-one will follow, and a means to fuel needless conflict over nothing. >>> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Take time to understand the nature of your reply. Is this message going >>>> >>> to >>> >>>> add value to the rest of the group? >>>> >>>> For example "wow", "Valve sucks", "I'm going to take a shower" need not >>>> >>> be >>> >>>> sent to the ENTIRE list. Remember, there are at least hundreds of folks >>>> that are subscribed to this list and opening the message up to receive >>>> nothing of value is a waste of carbon dioxide. >>>> >>>> If your reply adds to the discussion such as a real result, then feel >>>> >>> free >>> >>>> to reply back to the list. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>> >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >
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