Hello Peter, On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 at 19:34:41 [GMT -0400], you wrote: PK> Based on your explanation of the Message Board I agree with you PK> 100%. The current system is much better, especially for people not PK> connected all the time (broadband). I can read it off-line.
This is really more a reply of my thoughts on the thread in general than a reply specifically to you Peter. I can see value added in having a web board to support complete newbies, where they can get their feet wet. However, what I foresee in this, is that one, you're going to have to have a pretty dedicated "staff" of moderators who will be willing to answer the same basic questions over and over again, and two, that I am guessing that once someone decides that TB is for them, they'll "graduate" to the TBUDL lists. Therefore the discussion board active users will be a relatively small group always. Granted there will always be exceptions where a user just wishes to get it running enough to replace OE/LO and that's all they desire, so they'll populate neither the discussion board or TBUDL. I, for one, won't be using the discussion board, because as Marck and Allie know, I'm having a difficult enough time keeping up with moderation tasks on the three lists we run. If you all think TBUDL gets a lot of traffic, just imagine double the number of total messages when TBBETA hits a beta test cycle, not to mention trying to solve some real dome-scratchers on TBTECH. And just think, we, as moderators, have to read all the messages, regardless of whether the subject interests us or not. My reason for bringing this up, is that this is what moderators have to do, and volunteering as a moderator on a discussion board isn't a task to be taken lightly to. The quickest way to make it fail, is as "forgot name" mentioned, where someone volunteers as a moderator because of the initial prestige, then disappears later. My point in this, is that if you really want the discussion board, some people are going to have to take the lead and the workload of moderation to really make it work. One person isn't going to be able to do it alone. Just my $.02 worth. :-) Cheers, Leif Gregory -- List Moderator (and fellow registered end-user) PCWize Editor / ICQ 216395 / PGP Key ID 0x7CD4926F Web Site <http://www.PCWize.com> TB FAQ <http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/FAQ.html> Using The Bat! 1.62/Beta6 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 on a P4 1.6Ghz OC'd to 2.32Ghz with 512MB. Tagline of the day: I like cats too. Let's exchange recipes. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
