On Wed, 3 May 2000, Lee Iverson wrote:
> I respectfully disagree. In my opinion:
I don't disagree with your points in theory; I just think that the
weaknesses of existing implementations and the strengths of e-mail make
e-mail a more compelling medium for this sort of thing, at least for
me. Many of the benefits that you raise are shared by USENET
newsgroups. I have yet to find a web-based discussion forum that makes me
as happy as GNUS, in terms of usability and convenience.
In particular, I haven't found Slashdot's interface particularly conducive
to following discussions. However, with a smaller community and with
Squishdot's moderation features, many of Slashdot's interface problems may
not apply to us.
In summary, I'd prefer a mailing list, properly archived, to using a
web-based discussion forum. However, if people think that a Squishdot
system is better, I'm certainly game to trying it, at least until our
steroid-enhanced OHS replaces it.
> I'm finding this rather inadequate. And the fact that login to the
> list is not automatically managed is a big loss.
I definitely agree with this. It's one of the reasons I have advocated an
alternative mailing list for this discussion. unrev-ii was created
specifically as a forum for discussing the colloquium, and I think the
access policies and the list membership reflects that. For the actual
design and implementation of the OHS, I would definitely like to see a
different forum for discussion.
-Eugene
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