Handling Politics the plug-discuss way?

[Bob Elzer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us 
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On 
> Behalf Of Ryan Rix
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:11 AM
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: Handling Politics the plug-discuss way?
> 
> Bob Elzer wrote:
> > I've just been deleting the topic on sight. But that is 
> more work than 
> > should be necessary.
> > 
> > This is one reason I thought it would be better to go to a forum.
> > 
> > With a forum, if the thread goes off course, it can split 
> and moved to 
> > the correct Subject.
> > 
> > The thread could also be locked if it gets out of hand.
> > 
> > But best of all when I go to the forum, I see what's new, and I can 
> > ignore all the threads I don't have an interest in, and 
> when I'm done 
> > mark them all read.
> > 
> > Using a forum cuts down on all the unwanted email being 
> sent to everyone.
> > 
> > You can still have mail sent to you for topics that you post in.
> > 
> > Not sure how everyone else feels, but I would prefer if 
> this was a forum.
> > 
> > Then we can get teamspeak going to replace IRC :P   :-)
> > 
> 
> I think the most powerful part of plug-discuss is that it's a 
> mailing list. 
> It means I can reply without having to open a browser, I can 
> search the archives while offline, I can participate via nntp 
> using GMane...
> 
> Plus moving to a message board at this point would create a 
> lot of work for the administrators of the site, and would 
> lead to a rift in where the archives were stored, unless 
> there is a lurker compatible script for a forum software...

Each has it's own drawbacks and advantages. For one it would increase the
web site traffic. More traffic, and they see other stuff that may interest
them.

Not sure if it could still be part of gmane or not.

It would certainly not cause someone to leave the list, they would just skip
the topics they're not interested in.
It would cut down on internet waste, I haven't looked how many people are on
the list ?  But all those email to people who just delete them is a big
waste of all that traffic.

I'm sure something could be done for someone that wants an offline archive,
but how many people save all this on their own systems, I know where to go
if I need to recheck something, and messages that teach me something, I save
in a folder.

I don't think the admins would have a rift over where to store the archives.
lol


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