[Hmm, I thought you wanted to take the discussion offlist, but I see you forwarded to the list. Here's a catchup message.]
On 10/29/07, Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/29/07, Tom Wickline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My stated goal is to not increase the number of > > > discussion forums / mailing lists, yet still appeal > > > to the "I hate email" generation. I think the > > > google groups front end for the existing mailing > > > list comes pretty close to that... > > > > So your goal is to have a single point for discussion? > > No, my goal is simply to not make the situation worse. [There were more messages after that. Here's the key bit:] Tom wrote: > Whats so bad about both Google groups and a forum? If you try to pull > as many people as you can toward the groups and I do the same for the > forum. then if we get 90% of the discussion on two groups its better > then what the situation was yesterday... do you agree with that? I replied: Having one more forum dilutes the community. ... > If you try to pull > as many people as you can toward the groups and I do the same for the > forum. then if we get 90% of the discussion on two groups its better > then what the situation was yesterday... do you agree with that? Not really. That said, I can see your vision, and I agree there is some small chance it might succeed and improve the situation. The real issues are mixed up with a culture war (email vs. forum), which makes the discussion a bit murky. C'est la vie. - Dan
