[LST] Mail list vs. Forums Re: Anyone out there??? Is this puppy up? Call me bad...

[Doug Evans <devans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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