[GZG] WHOA! Reply, instead, to this [LST] Mail list vs. Forums Re: Anyone out there??? Is this puppy up? Call me bad...

----- Forwarded by Doug Evans/CSN/UNEBR on 07/10/2006 09:34 AM -----

Doug Evans/CSN/UNEBR wrote on 07/10/2006 09:33:30 AM:

> A forum on/attached to the GZG site would be a powerful
> tool for the new customer, and I certainly can understand
> Jon's interest in it. Probably inevitable.
>
> I'll be sticking, in the main, with the mail list, but I
> think it's likely all the excitement will move to the
> forum, and the list will eventually die. My participation
> has been mainly as gadfly, so relatively little loss, but
> I doubt that I'll be taking sufficient effort to frequent
> the forum nearly as much as I do here.
>
> Has any thought been given to moderation of discussions?
> Repetition on the mail list is too common, but less
> noticable than on forums where fourteen topics can be all
> having the same discussion, and offensive content tends to
> stay forever.
>
> Please remember I was involved with an attempt at a forum+
> for GZG; after my failures,I think there needs to be a
> strong and committed, guiding force. Jon or Paul may be
> that force, but I'm not sure they want to be that hands on.,
>
> The_Beast

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