If I receive the full message like now, it's not a problem. I don't like
messages that just say "There is a new entry in topic blabla, click this
link to read it".
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
From: Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:42 AM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ;
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Forum vs. email list
What if you got an email when there was a new post? (That's what I meant by
"push notification".)
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronny
Schedel
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:41 PM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Forum vs. email list
Never ever change this to a forum. I prefer to have one place to check
important things, so I have added several mailing lists. Otherwise I had to
check every forum on the planet to get the informations, that's back to
stone age.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
From: Fletcher Dunn
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:34 AM
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list ;
[email protected]
Subject: [hlds_linux] Forum vs. email list
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
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