First I have to admit that I have not read the quoted article. However I will say from personal experience that being subscribed to both forums and mailing lists,
I have found that I participate a lot more in the mailing lists than the forums. This is because I don't have to do anything to receive the mailing list posts. They are in my inbox by default once I am connected while when it comes to a forum, I have to open a browser and go to a specific address. I find that I often forget to check on certain forums for a while because of work pressures. Seocndly, it is easy to miss a topic you would have actually been interested in on a forum if the forum is very active with multiple topics being discussed. On the other hand, in mail, you will inevitably find everything easily even if its just to hit the delete key. In fact I have found that the only forums I end up being active in are the ones where I have an rss feed of the forum posts in my mail client which in the end is like having a mailing list and usually add on the added labour of having to open up the browser and login in order to post a reply. This often means that I end up being a passive observer on most forums rather than an active participant. My personal opinion is that participation is likely to drastically decrease if we switch to a forum unless we can keep the mailing list as is, and integrate a forum with it such that both the forum users and the mailing list users get to see the same content. Noah. On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:24 PM, sanga collins wrote: > So read the guys story and there were no reasons, just opinions. My opinions > are exactly the opposite of his as far as why i prefer forums than mailing > lists. > > The first big difference he described is mailing lists are push and forums > are pull. The reason this whole discussion began is due to cavin pushing > questionable material on us. I would rather pull that kind of stuff at my > leisure so i can sit back and maybe have a laugh, rather than have it pushed > on me, even when i dont want it at that particular time. > > second reason he gave is forums demand more of a participants time .... i > mean really? i switch on, log into gmail make a subject and email the list > ... or i switch on, log into lug forum, and make a post. > on top of making a post that can go in a relevant subcategory that other > people interested that subcategory can go directly to > > 3rd reason ... signal to noise ratio comment; he says forums are easy for > newbies to use (which is what id want) but then later says that forums take > too much time implying that they are difficult. My gmail signal to noise > ratio is very low. i easily "mark as read" 60% of the messages. most have > subject lines that dont reflect what the actuall contents are, and alot of > people dont know how to respond to emails so quotes are in the wrong place > and a single topic splits into several email threads and so on. Infact about > a year ago there was a big hullabaloo about lugs not knowing how to use email > properly and cavin pissing some people off by insulting their email skills LOL > > dont want to write and essay about forum vs email thread ... im uganda after > 2 year hiatus so im going out to find the nearest watering hole > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 26 January 2011 16:18, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: > I vote for BBforum ... it will be so advantageous ... any reasons why not > "cavin response goes here" use a forum instead of mailing list? > > Some reasons here:- > > http://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/2010-03/mailing-list-or-forum-theory > > I am for the mailing list. Forums are not the answer to the question "How do > you solve a problem like Cavin". > > -- > Hari > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > > > > -- > Sanga M. 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