I'd like to have a forum just for the sake of proper archives & search
functions.
People who want only emails, they can subscribe to all the boards and get
notified upon replies/topics - and those who don't... well, they just read
the forums.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fletcher Dunn" <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>
To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list"
<hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>; <h...@list.valvesoftware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:34 AM
Subject: [hlds_linux] Forum vs. email list
>I am honestly astounded by the amount of people who complain when
people ask for help on help forums or mailing lists. Not everyone
signs up and instantly reads everything, goes through all the
archives, or spends hours researching.
I'd like to use this comment as a springboard for a discussion about the
format of this list.
I hear that a few years ago the idea of migrating the email list to a
forum was kicked around. However, at the time (is this still true today?)
the users of the list didn't like the idea. it is my understanding that
most server admins prefer:
1.) Receiving push notifications.
2.) Viewing the list in their email client
#1 seems like a really compelling advantage (especially for
announcements), while #2 seems like a personal preference, and many people
have the opposite preference.
A forum has several compelling advantages:
1.) Easier to search and find answers to previously asked questions
2.) Easier to follow a thread of conversation. (I personally find any
email distribution list to become unreadable pretty much instantly, with
all the >>>>'s and broken line breaks that everybody's mail clients and
put everywhere.)
3.) Easier to modify your post if you notice a mistake or want to clarify
something, rather than making a new post.
4.) Easier to delete or move posts if they are spam, rude, inappropriate,
belong in the general TF2 SPUF forum, etc.
5.) Easier to ignore an entire thread that you are not interested in.
Could there be some sort of forum + push notification that would satisfy
what everybody wants? This list exists to serve you guys, so I'm curious
what everything thinks. I *believe* most of the guys would find a forum
format (perhaps with some push notification) more convenient.
It would be good to get some opinions about how people prefer to consume
the information on this list.
Please chime in.
Your humble servant,
- Fletch
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