Gordon Webster wrote, "I for one would hate to see this list stripped of its "Revolutionary" appeal by limiting it only to discussions of rev users' technical problems. While such technical problems may be the primary concern of this list, do they really have to be it's only concern?"
Excellent point, Gordon. I really don't agree with "segmenting" the list, because now we're supposed to go to location A for "graphics," location B for "business," and pretty soon it will be location C for buttons, location D for this, location E for that... The problem is that each of these unofficial offshoots have a fraction of the participation that this official list does. Inevitably, we'll see useful discussions quashed with the line, "take this to such-and-such" a venue. To me it seems like "vigilante moderation." As much as I really enjoy gmane as an NNTP interface to the list -- it's made things MUCH easier to follow -- these "problems" segmenting is supposed to solve would ALL be obviated if Rev put up a simple phpBB-based board with common-sense categories. It is not difficult or expensive to do this. [And yes, phpBB can be configured to send email to members, for those who prefer the "push" style.] Then we would all have one place to go and people could skip the categories they are not interested in. [Sorry, I don't plan to join/participate in those offshoot forums.] Bill _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
