Re: debian forum
Okay, I know this is off-topic, but since BBSes were mentioned, I should
mention that I run one of these dinosaurs :) Have been now for about 15
years nonstop :) I even monitor the Fidonet DEBIAN echo.
On Sun, September 24, 2006 7:47 pm, Arthur Marsh said:
> Paul Johnson wrote, On 2006-09-25 07:09:
>> On Sunday 24 September 2006 14:16, Steve Lamb wrote:
>>> Dave Sherohman wrote:
>>>> So, what are the advantages of changing to a web forum which are so
>>>> compelling that not wanting to give up the advantages of mail looks
>>>> like
>>>> fear of change?
>>> None as far as I can tell. They're not properly threaded, there's
>>> no
>>> way to easily and effectively killfile people or subjects, there is no
>>> filtering Webforums are to communications as email/newsgroups/BBSes
>>> were in
>>> the mid-80s. Why anyone would want to go back 20 years is beyond me.
>>
>> Even BBS's had offline QWK packet readers for offline message
>> reading...those
>> often had more features than the BBS's internal message reader, and got
>> all
>> the phone line tie ups out of the way in advance...
>>
>
> ...and the Bluewave off-line reader and points...
>
> For a while BBS's drove demand for greater modem compatibility and
> performance, and greater file compression performance.
>
> It was even BBS to BBS mail transfer problems I had traceable to network
> echo cancellers not compliant with ITU-T Recommendation G.165 that
> inspired my telephone company to upgrade their network echo cancellers.
>
> Back on topic, a web forum can be good if it is easy to find relevant
> information (and gets indexed by Google et al) e.g. the broadband site
> www.whirlpool.net.au which does have very active moderation.
>
> Given proper archiving (that is indexed by search engines), a collection
> of mailing lists / newsgroups can enable rapid searching for relevant
> information and a manageable way to keep up with new postings.
>
> Arthur.
>
>
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