On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> On 04/05/2017 09:17 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > >> This has been tried a number of times. I'ts been a couple of years since >> I last saw one, but multiple people have set up forums, either mirrored >> or not. They have all died because of either lack of usage or because >> the person who did it disappeared. >> > > Mostly, because they did not work well and the folks on this end of the > process had to do more work to get the information necessary to answer the > question. I know I eventually stopped responding to the questions from > those sources because it was difficult to follow the information flow. > Namely you had to crawl back up to the forum to get information and then > the email thread had mix of information that made it through on its own and > some subset of information that dedicated people pulled in from the forum. > That mix depended on dedication level and time available. > > Most likely things like that yes -- which indicates that it really wasn't enough people who preferred that format to actually reach critical mass. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
