It would probably be somewhat difficult, but would a hybrid approach be
possible? For example, make a subforum on the steam forums which
mirrors all emails sent to this list, and pushes all posts made by
logged-in forum users back to this list? It would make this list
searchable, people could still read and reply in their favorite news
client, and the current people on the list could filter forum->list if
they wanted to.
On 10/24/2011 8:34 PM, Fletcher Dunn wrote:
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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