Hi charlse.
That might be true, but it just seems facebook is used far more for that
sort of thing than E-mail, and also, when I last tried it, where as E-mail
you can filter out the rubbish, faceiook your just shown a hole slue of
things, most of which is! garbage, or at least trivia your probably not
interested in unless your casually friends with that person in real life and
care about their everyday existance or are interested in that subject.
of course for sighted people who can skim read at a greater rate and thus
can take in information quickly, acebook having a scattered interface
matters less, but I found myself having to waid through aa bazillion friend
requests and post from people about what time they get up before I found
something interesting was quite a pest.
All the best,
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re:
ModeratorImportantMessage
As for the fact that you get messages from people that they just woke up
and stuff like that, I blame that on the authors, not the method of
communication. Just like when people send garbage Emails, it's not the
fault of the Email client. It's the fault of the sender.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator
ImportantMessage
Well #Charlse, much as with forums and mail, twitter and facebook have
their own bennifits and flaws.
I personally really dislike facebooks' interface and the fact that it
runs slowly on any machine I've tried it on. I also dislike the fact it
throws so much information at me, most of which I don't want such as
suggested contacts or friend requests or the like, not to mention all
those people who just write on facebook about what they've had for
breakfast or whatever which unfortunately you still! have to see lots of
ieven if you don't want to.
Twitter I've never tried but I look on a bit more favourably since you
can at least just recieve what tweets you want, however your still
limited in size of tweet and what you do with it, and the fact that
twitter comes in when you don't necessarily want rather than forum or
mails which you can check when you wish or not when you don't.
I'll also say for actual formal communications E-mails are great. They
come automatically with time and date, and you can attach things to them,
indeed I communicate with my university, both in terms of having mails of
what's going on and in terms of submitting my thesis or communicating
with my department entirely! through E-mail, as does my brothers' law
firm, so all these things have a use depending upon what you want from
them and what your personal likes or dislikes are.
All the best,
Drk.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:52 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] the value of a program - Re: Moderator Important
Message
I know someone who was exclusively using Twitter and Facebook. He did
not use Email because, quote, "It is old fashioned and obsolete. You
should get with the times.", end quote. He wanted to have someone play
some of his recordings in an Internet chat room for people to hear.
Nobody could receive the files because nobody used Facebook or Twitter.
He complained because he could not send them to anyone, and, finally,
after this went on for about 6 months every week, he set up an Email
account. Whether it might seem obsolete to the younger crowd, it is
accessible to everyone, so is not something that should be done away with
just because it has been around for a long time. What works works, and
if it does work, don't discard it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Important Message
Hi Tom.
Well I know people do comment about mailing lists being old fashioned,
but actually there are still lots of them around and likely to be more
considdering that people now get E-mail on their tablets, phones, even
tvs, heck, there are still! some very well established newsgroups out
there, it's all about choice hwich is why I'm in favour of keeping the
mailing list open.
if google groups is no longer workable (I admit it's been a while since
I looked into their interface), then another system might work, though
obviously that's a matter for those who run the list to decide upon
since it's yourself and the other mods who must deal with the interface
and admin console.
Indeed, this is a major difference between mailing lists and forums,
different forums can change access dramatically, and I've seen
everything from very accessible systems like Punbb, (which
audiogames.net uses), to all sorts of silly things such as proboards or
even custom built systems.
Forums really can change in access and usability as much as web pages
can, where as a mailing list just gives out E-mails to members and it's
accessibility is thus entirely dependent upon a members' E-mail client,
which again is a major advantage.
All the best,
Dark.
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