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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUBS Notice



Thanks Ian !

 Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Roxborough" <irox@ix.netcom.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 09:55
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUBS Notice


> 
> Hi,
> 
> since the web forum started I've felt the signal to noise ratio
> of the mailing list has improved.  A lot less anonying and
> useless messages (like people sending messages with just "thanks",
> "it'll be great", not only lacking useful content, but most of
> the time don't quote the message they're replying to, so I've no
> idea who they replying to or why) that waste time and bandwidth.
> 
> I wasn't too up on the idea of seperate web forum and mailing
> list.  But if increased quality of mailing list posts is was
> we have to put up with, then I think I can live with it. ;)
> 
> Cheers,
>   Ian. 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:38:36 -0500 (EST)
> Jonathan Wallace <jon@psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> > >I must admit I haven't used the forum, but does it mean we have two
> > >parallel methods for the same sorts of discussions? It would seem better
> > >to just standardize on one or the other to prevent double entries or
> > >missed entries.
> > 
> > Alec, yes it means there is potential for overlap.  In the past, there's
> > been considerable resistance to changing to a web-based forum by a large
> > number of participants here.  However, there have also been calls to
> > create a web-forum.  I imagine that sooner or later, one will win out
> > over the other.  I personally enjoy the mailing list, but the webforum
> > definately has the benefit of categorizing discussions which can make
> > future reference of a particular topic a lot easier to locate.
> > 
> > One way to look at it is that if something interesting is posted in the
> > webforum, someone will likely provide a pointer to it just as they would
> > to an external site.
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
> > 
> > 
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