I really prefer this list. I subscribe to multiple list and it allows
me to get my news in one place, my mail client. I have multiple
folders and filter to manage everything neatly. (I use claws-mail)
There is no way I could keep up with all the lists I'm subscribed to
if they were all in a forum format.
I think this list is pretty clean for the most part. There's a few
topics that could remain outside of it but the same would happen on a
forum. With lists, I can easily catch up on different group and reply
quickly if I think I can help someone. With forums, I have to be on
the forum, which I usually don't do unless I have an actual problem. I
think it's just easier to quickly help each other this way.
Maybe a central wiki dedicated to server administrators with
documentation on settings, installation procedure, known bugs, plugins
and so on would be more useful. (Unless such a thing was created
between the last time I checked and now) I remember how much trial and
error it was to run those L4D servers when the game came out,
documentation would have made a huge difference! And it would give us
an easy way to link to known answers to questions.
--
Ravnox
Quoting Fletcher Dunn <[email protected]>:
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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