You know there is subscribe in forums now-a-days which notify you by email what you want to know.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:36 PM, James Botting <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, no. > I probably wouldn't follow it in a Web browser. As it is everything > gets pinged straight to my phone. > > On 25 Oct 2011, at 01:34, Fletcher Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I am honestly astounded by the amount of people who complain when >>> people ask for help on help forums or mailing lists. Not everyone >>> signs up and instantly reads everything, goes through all the >>> archives, or spends hours researching. >> >> I'd like to use this comment as a springboard for a discussion about the >> format of this list. >> >> I hear that a few years ago the idea of migrating the email list to a forum >> was kicked around. However, at the time (is this still true today?) the >> users of the list didn't like the idea. it is my understanding that most >> server admins prefer: >> >> 1.) Receiving push notifications. >> 2.) Viewing the list in their email client >> >> #1 seems like a really compelling advantage (especially for announcements), >> while #2 seems like a personal preference, and many people have the opposite >> preference. >> >> A forum has several compelling advantages: >> >> 1.) Easier to search and find answers to previously asked questions >> 2.) Easier to follow a thread of conversation. (I personally find any email >> distribution list to become unreadable pretty much instantly, with all the >> >>>>'s and broken line breaks that everybody's mail clients and put >> everywhere.) >> 3.) Easier to modify your post if you notice a mistake or want to clarify >> something, rather than making a new post. >> 4.) Easier to delete or move posts if they are spam, rude, inappropriate, >> belong in the general TF2 SPUF forum, etc. >> 5.) Easier to ignore an entire thread that you are not interested in. >> >> Could there be some sort of forum + push notification that would satisfy >> what everybody wants? This list exists to serve you guys, so I'm curious >> what everything thinks. I *believe* most of the guys would find a forum >> format (perhaps with some push notification) more convenient. >> >> It would be good to get some opinions about how people prefer to consume the >> information on this list. >> >> Please chime in. >> >> Your humble servant, >> - Fletch >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
