Re: [ARSCLIST] message board vs. listserv

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in Steve's camp. No time to wade through message boards.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] message board vs. listserv


> I'm so conservative that I like it just as it is.
> 
> Steve Smolian
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] message board vs. listserv
> 
> 
> > Yes.I would prefer a message board.Roger
> >
> > Brandon Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  All,
> >
> > Curious as to how many list members might prefer a message board format
> > over the standard email listserv currently in place.  Message boards make
> > more sense to me for the following reasons:
> >
> > 1. Generally speaking, it is difficult to browse the ARSClist
> > archives.  Especially if a topic began in one month but continued into the
> > next, as the two parts tend to become divorced from one another.
> >
> > 2. With a message board, one can view both the original topic/question/etc
> > and all subsequent responses in one fell swoop, something that comes in
> > particularly handy when performing searches in the archives.  As it stands
> > now, all posts in the archives must be viewed individually, losing much
> > narrative/conversational flow along the way.
> >
> > 3. When a list member changes the name of a thread in mid-conversation,
> > subsequent posts again become divorced from the original topic.
> >
> > 4. Let's be honest, on chatty days, the in-box traffic can get a little
> > overwhelming...especially for those of us NOT taking part in a particular
> > conversation.
> >
> > For the record: Yes, I'm aware of the *digest* option...seems to me, the
> > only grievance it solves is item #4.
> >
> >
> > thanks as always,
> > Brandon
> >
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