Elaine, I think you're exactly right. I think this is the type of list that would die on the vine, so to speak, for the reasons you name. The real-time aspect is a large part of that. It's switching from a conversational community, to visiting when I have a problem.
By the by, I have carefully read a number of your posts over the months, carefully listening to your words of experience :) As to the turtle, the answer is 'soup'. (grin) Ed On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 23:44, ETM wrote: > I think that is because there are "mailing list" > people and there are "message board" people. They > aren't interested in switching allegiances. I > also work with mailing lists. Comparable message > boards often are available. Nowhere near the > traffic OR information is shared on the message > boards. Even gatewaying those board messages to > the mailing lists does not encourage people to go > to the boards. They will make an effort instead > to directly email the message board poster. > Conversely, you can't get many of those board > users to subscribe to mailing lists. > > This mailing list and associated archives is > working. If someone wants to create a message > board, try it. Users have done so in other areas. > I don't plan to join it but wish people well who > do. > > Elaine > > If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless > or naked? > > Hello Ed > > On Sunday, September 11, 2005, you wrote > > > Good points are made, and may be worth discussing. > > > I have the experience of several reasonably > > high traffic mailing lists > > dropping to zero when converted to a message > > board. It's a different > > paradigm. > > > I suspect the difference is that it's easy to > > forget the message board > > for a while, whereas the email is right there > > for your attention. Email > > (for many) is a more common part of the day > > than checking one, or a > > dozen, message boards. Twenty message boards, but one inbox. > > > To be sure, I can only speculate on the > > *reason* an active message list > > dies when it converts to using a message > > board. But I have observed that > > lists *do* die, in spite of all the good > > reasons a message board offers. > > > This isn't intended to be in favor of one > > format or the other. It's > > simply an observation I've made over the years. > > > Best Regards, > > > Ed Barnard, in Minnesota > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
