Well, I'm a bit of a rookie here, so take this with a grain of salt, but here's where my impression comes from:
First, I chose not to get emails from the group ... the last thing I need are more emails that I have to wade through. So I come to the group site to check things out when I want to, but otherwise leave everything there. That being said, this thread got 11 responses the same day it was posted, and then 7 more the next day. That was Feb. 9 and Feb. 10. Since then, there was only one more post on Feb. 16 until I (and you) posted to it today. So, you have to admit, after two days of a lot of interest, it appears now that this post is old news and I just wasn't sure if the topic was now dead or not. For all I know, someone else may have started a new thread that relates to the topic, but I wouldn't have seen that thread. My experience with forums is that you don't lose these kinds of conversations this way ... a new post puts the thread back at the top, and there's an organized way to look through topics, which is a great way to research. This seems particularly helpful to new people (like myself) so we can get up to speed much quicker, and participate in a more relevant way. If I can read up on "beginner" topics, then I don't have to ask the same questions everyone before me asked. If I want to spend more time researching anything more in depth, I can get up to speed with everyone else so far on the topic within a day or two (or maybe even just an hour or two). Also, when I recently posted some questions, I only got one posted response, and now my thread has been pushed down to irrelevancy ... very quickly, it seems. I appreciate and respect that this discussion format through email allows people more of an instant conversation with eachother on a topic, but I just wish it were categorized and organized a little better so each thread would remain relevant longer and I could more easily find and read what I want to. Again, I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds on the issue, as I am still a newbie to the group and to coworking in general ... On Mar 29, 11:37 am, Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Eastlake <r...@shamrockdesign.com> wrote: > > Can we give google any feedback requesting that they add a forum > > feature to their group functions? I'm surprised they don't offer it > > already ... > > > Has this discussion gone anywhere since Feb. 16 that I'm unaware of? > > Just curious -- why would you think there was activity on this thread > that doesn't appear in the group message listing? > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > twitter: @hassan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
