[Cheese] Forum

[Bruce Bowler]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:14:12 -0800 (PST)
Christopher Hapka <chapka at yahoo.com> put fingers to keyboard and said:

> In general, I prefer forums to mailing lists, although I read both. 

In general, I prefer mailing lists to fora.

One reason I prefer mailing lists is I can keep (and search) a local copy
of the traffic on the list and, since it's my copy of the messages, I can
delete all of the extra drek that inevitably occurs.  If it's a
forum-only interface, all that garbage is ALSO kept, or we all rely on
one individuals opinion of what's worth keeping.

> Forums tend to allow a broader and somewhat more focused discussion.

How?  "broader" and "focused" tend to be at alternate ends of a spectrum.

Bruce

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