[HPFGU-OTChatter] re: Main List Problems

[Heidi Tandy]

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 6:31PM -0500, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:

> I personally vote against discussion topics or chapter discussions: I
> feel that would only INCREASE list volume, and high volume

If anyone is interested in chapter discussions without trying to filter 
through all the posts on the main list, we at fictionalley have been 
doing weekly chapter and character discussions, and are about to start 
chapter five. The link to the current chapter's thread is at the top of 
http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums - it's easy enough 
to keep up because, unlike hpfgu's webview, all the posts on that 
chapter are threaded together.

Actually, despitebeing an admin for fa, I've always prefered discussion 
in email format, perhaps because I've read hofgu on a handheld email 
device called a blackberry since early 2001. But even I can't keep up 
with the main list, and I think my last worthy contribution to hpfgu, 
other than nimbus-involvement, has been doing the first post about whyu 
Harry couldn't see thestrals, at around 9am on June 21.

But with the volume being what it is, I've been reading and discussng 
more on FictionAlleyPark, where shipping is separated onto one 
forumboard + one thread on a separate forum, and where the books each 
have a separate forum, with one 'general book discussion' forum called 
Canon Fodder.

Plus, while we have a lot of teens on the board (it's about 30% 18 and 
under) netspeak is totally forebidden and anyone who does it 4 times, or 
posts oneliners, gets a 1 week ban.

While I don't recommend it for anyone who enjoys participating in the 
main list via email as a replacement style, if you're already on/used to 
webview or message boards in general it might be worth a glimpse.

Plus, our search engine can limit searches to single boards, searches by 
poster and nifty widlcards.

>
> << everyone is mourning the fact that their favourite posters aren't
> posting anymore. >>
>
> Therefore, I am not anyone's favorite poster. QED. *sniffle*
> (Actually, I didn't expect that I was.)

Actually, I 'keep up' with the main list by hunting down your weekend 
posts - I hope it gives me a cross section of discussion topics!

Heidi