On Saturday 27 August 2005 07:15 pm, Andy Streich wrote: > As a supplement to (not replacement for) this email list, I'd really love > to see a weblog where anyone who registers (just like we subscribe to this > list) can post questions and comments. Ideally when signing up for a list > you could choose to be a weblog user or a mailing-list user or both. Posts > and comments on the blog would be sent to the list and vice versa.
All the severe usability and freedom-of-choice issues that hamper web boards aside, the only thing starting a redundant forum serves to do is fracture the user base. This is a Bad Thing, and serves only to harm users by making it exponentially more difficult to find the information you need. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]