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

["Paul M. M. Jacobus" <paul@xxxxxxx>]

Well, let me be the voice of dissent and explain that I like forums better
than mailing lists.

There's nothing wrong with the mailing list, mind you, and I will hardly
abandon them if/when the forum takes off. But the thing is, I get maybe a
hundred personal e-mails a day, and a raft-load of work e-mails a
day. Picking through those to read the GZG ones ends up beign a seperate
chore, and if it's a busy day they get shuttled to the side as I catch up
on other things, and clog up the mailbox until I find the time. The digest
format helps, but then I'm always slightly behind the curve.

Whereas with my gaming forums, when I have a few spare minutes during the
work day, I can just hop over there, catch up, make vaguely comedic
replies, and head back to reread when I get around to it. It's more
compartmentalized.

-P.