On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Gerard Beekmans <[email protected]> wrote: > >> consider myself in the ol fashion category. All of my news& updates >> comes in the form of email for the most part. Other then that, have a >> list of bookmarked sites I open up in tabs via Firefox. >> >> I usually have access to email though (Gmail, so as long as I have a >> browser), and I know there have been some major shifts in how people >> communicate over the internet the last decade or so... but forums >> always felt like 2nd class citizens to email for me. >> >> There are some forums out there with a subscribe via email for updates >> though... that may not be as bad > > I used to share the sentiment of forums feeling like 2nd class citizens > as you called it. There has definitely been a shift in the last few > years which is why I wanted to explore the idea versus sticking to old > systems for the sake of sticking to old systems. > > "Why fix what isn't broken?" Very valid. > "Change and experimentation are good". Also valid. > > Gerard
well, if they advance our cause, I'm all for it. but to take a page from the select vs polling discussion I would rather the forum/mailing list told me there was a new message as opposed to me checking 2-4 times a day for updates. Ideally with the contents of the post as well. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
