Dragaera

Mailing list vs. forum (was: warning to newbies)

Matthew Klahn mklahn at mac.com
Wed Feb 11 07:46:48 PST 2004

On Feb 10, 2004, at 21:10 , Mark A Mandel wrote:

> I haven't seen any of that cr at p here, have you?

No, and thank you very much! I didn't mean to say that there were any 
spam/trolls on the list, but that it can be a problem with forums 
unless you take steps to make it not a problem. Sorry for any confusion 
there.

So, I guess the general consensus is that a forum would not be 
preferred to a list format. Just wanted to bring it up in light of the 
off-topicness of some of the posts, and the complaints thereof. I 
myself wouldn't open a forum as an alternative to this list because:

a) I don't have any hosting space to do so
b) If you throw a party and no-one comes, is it a party?

But, thanks to everyone for voicing an opinion.

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Matthew S. Klahn
Software Architect, CodeTek Studios, Inc.
http://www.codetek.com