List +2 On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 11:23 +0300, Noah Sematimba wrote: > > > > > > 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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