From: Vic <gu...@be...> - 2007-04-20 12:27:46
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>>> strangely, if you do implement a forum, it's only the >>> real die-hards that seem to stick to the email list long term. >> >> We had the same discussion on the Esprit list. What ended up happening >> is >> that the community became fragmented; both forum and list were used >> simultaneously. This didn't actually help many people... >> > Works for slim devices. People post on the forum or reply to the list - > it all ends up in both places. Yes, but that's not a replacement of a mailing list by a forum; that's a gateway where both systems coexist. > I don't know where the gumstix archives are or how to access them. At the bottom of *every single mail*, there is a link to https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users . That tells you a number of things about the list - including where the archives are. > But > if I was looking via the archives, I wouldn't be making a contribution - > even if I saw something I could contribute too. Archives are read only > by definition. But they tell you how to sign up to the list if you want to make a contribution. > If forums/mail lists are about community involvement, > you need to make them work in way that encourages rather than > discourages contributions to the community. You also need to sign up to a forum to make a contribution. Maybe I'm being thicker than a ticket tout's wad, but I can't see why one sign-up is considered discouraging, whilst the other sign-up is considered encouraging... > Yes I appreciate I will never change your mind - but I just wanted you > to know that yours is not the only view. I'm well aware that mine is not the only view. And nor is yours. I only posted in the first place to point out that the idea "forum==good, mail list==bad" is not universally accepted. >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> > BTW, I'm not sure about this bit - is it spam or a waste of screen > space? You tell me .... It's not spam because it is solicited - by way of using the SF.net resources. But it's certainly a waste of space IMO. I never read it... Vic. |