On 19/02/2015 12:38 AM, M.G. Devour wrote:
... whatever platform you choose, I would strongly recommend that email notifications remain an optional feature. The ideal system will provide multiple communication methods, in order to reach/satisfy the largest potential audience.
The largest potential audience is best reached by a having a user friendly forum. Not by having a forum that is stuck in a deep rut due to the inflexibility of a few dwindling members. The growth of vBulletin forums for even the most esoteric subjects should be a lesson here.
(Mike, did you see Uncle Bens comment about why he posted once, then gave up?).
The list serves those who are comfortable with it just fine. I get that. It is not, however, doing fully what it was intended to do, which is bring the collective wisdom of our community to new people as well as foster technical discussions and development.
Sadly the 'collective wisdom' of this community is significantly less than it was 10 years ago. So much knowledge has passed through this forum, never to be seen again, that it is truly tragic. A couple of days ago I posted a message claiming I had discovered how to make crystal clear 200 ppm CS that was 50% ionic and 50% colloidal with particles smaller than Mesosilver. 10 years ago this would have brought a storm of questions, skepticism and ridicule. Today it passed without comment by anyone except Jason. Earlier in the week Floyd couldn't even get an answer to some pretty simple questions about his basic system. (My answer never appeared). More time has been spent discussing why he didnt get an answer than actually answering him. Anyway Mike, good luck with the search for a new format but I think you are barking up the wrong tree. Despite not having an email digest vBulletin is a proven success and has all the features you really need (including pictures!). You already have a license so why not give it a try as a parallel forum? If you do, my first post on it will be instructions on how to make that 'Super CS' I mentioned above. David
