[HPFGU-Feedback] Two True Confessions, Too Big for Our Britches, and To be Continued...

[Shaun Hately]

On 22 Nov 2003 at 17:52, Risti wrote:

> The point of restating what most of you probably
> already know?  I think it's time to consider the idea
> of moving to a messageboard/web forum type of
> structure. (Should mention that whizbang also
> suggested this this afternoon) Perhaps I'm just making
> stuff up, but I thought I'd found some corner on some
> page around the group that suggested that a long while
> back, this idea has been brought up.  It seems like
> the kind of idea that would be brought up every once
> and awhile(and perhaps more often to that, in helpful
> 'suggestions' to the admin team that the majority of
> list members don't see when they send their own
> 'original' idea to you).  


Big NO! to that idea if my opinions are worth anything.

I use e-mail lists. I use message forums. I use usenet. I use each of them for 
different things.

For HPFGU, if it wasn't an e-mail list, I *would not* use it. It is that simple. I would 
have no involvement in it.

Webforums are fine, IMHO, for low traffic discussions - but personally speaking I 
prefer e-mail lists.

Now if someone wantt to set up a HPFGU webforum, I think that would be a great 
idea - but *please* do it as an alternative to the list. Do not move the list to that 
format - because frankly, except for people on high speed connections and unless 
someone is willing to go to the expense of setting up a dedicated always up 
server, I can't see that as a viable alternative to the volume of posting we get on 
HPFGU - where people can easily store their own past messages received and 
sent, and where they can get their messages in one batch, go offline and 
compose replies online and then come back and post those messages next time 
they are on.


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