On 5/4/06, Mark Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With forums it's like you have a few dozen related Google Groups one > for Widgets, another for FastData, another for Installation, one for > SQLObject, another for CherryPy, etc. > > Google Groups divides things up by thread, but that is not the same > thing at all. > > With forums you also get sticky threads which always show up at the > top of a particular topic. And posts in one topic can be moved into a > more appropriate location whenever necessary.
Ahh, OK. Superficially, they're similar in that you choose when you wish to read and messages are grouped together in threads, but you're right that decent forum software has a number of features beyond googlegroups. > But with all that said, I think it is important to know that there are > actual reasons that some people prefer a forum interface. And as I > said before, I think the primary reason is psychosocial -- people feel > like they need to keep up with a mailing list, but they can > participate in a forum with out reading every post. This is true. I do think that this is the reason that quite a few folks choose to read through an interface other than mail. Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
