How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum? Or limiting the list serv to news? I have one vendor I work with that has a knowledgebase, a forum, and two mailing lists - with much overlap of topics. It is truly enough to drive you totally crazy. I'm not suggesting anything. Just bringing it up. Geoff
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Geoff Staples wrote:> How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum?Web based forums are annoying crap wastes of space - I certainly will not and am not intending to use it in any way whatsoever.
i wouldnt say eliminate the list serv however i would limit it to newsletters or other specific topics which you would NOT need to look for in the new forums I would also say that the majority of issues topis questions points of interest hacks mods and so on should ONLY be on the forums -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]On Behalf Of Geoff Staples Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:04 AM To: icecast@xiph.org Subject: [Icecast] New Forum How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum? Or limiting the list serv to news? I have one vendor I work with that has a knowledgebase, a forum, and two mailing lists - with much overlap of topics. It is truly enough to drive you totally crazy. I'm not suggesting anything. Just bringing it up. Geoff _______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
Being very old school, I think mailing lists rock :-) Maybe we could have a web interface to the mailing list instead of a forum? :-D Kelv Eric Robinson wrote:> i wouldnt say eliminate the list serv > however i would limit it to newsletters > or other specific topics which you would NOT need to > look for in the new forums > > I would also say that the majority of issues > topis > questions > points of interest > hacks > mods > and so on should ONLY be on the forums > > -----Original Message----- > From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]On > Behalf Of Geoff Staples > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:04 AM > To: icecast@xiph.org > Subject: [Icecast] New Forum > > > How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum? > > Or limiting the list serv to news? > > I have one vendor I work with that has a knowledgebase, a forum, and two > mailing lists - with much overlap of topics. It is truly enough to drive > you totally crazy. > > I'm not suggesting anything. Just bringing it up. > > Geoff > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast > > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >
I say keep the email list and scrap the forum idea. Problem with forums is you get spam bots that mine the forums for data.
On 6/20/05, Geoff Staples <geoff@radioleft.com> wrote:> How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum?Definately not even an option. As a developer, I have the time to follow the list (the higher barrier to entry means mailing lists generally get slightly less crap), but not enough to follow a web forum on a regular basis. The interface that the forum presents (which isn't bad as web forums go) also makes it far, far less pleasant to use on a regular basis than a good mail client. Mike
I second the sentiment below. I am in development on a number of sites which rely exclusively on icecast (and optionally a server-based ices). The email list is a convenient way to break from constant programming for a moment to see if there's a useful bit of information or if I can possibly add something of value. I can't imagine a scenario where I'd want to search a web-based forum to keep up with icecast. There's a *lot* to be said for opt-in email lists! :-) On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Michael Smith wrote:> On 6/20/05, Geoff Staples <geoff@radioleft.com> wrote: >> How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum? > > Definately not even an option. As a developer, I have the time to > follow the list (the higher barrier to entry means mailing lists > generally get slightly less crap), but not enough to follow a web > forum on a regular basis. The interface that the forum presents (which > isn't bad as web forums go) also makes it far, far less pleasant to > use on a regular basis than a good mail client. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >Robert Muchnick Xenterra.net 720-276-7917
Being they would mine for data we as the users can simply NOT supply on the posts that data -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:26 PM To: icecast@xiph.org Subject: Re: [Icecast] New Forum I say keep the email list and scrap the forum idea. Problem with forums is you get spam bots that mine the forums for data. _______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
Geoff Staples wrote on Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:03:31 -0500:> How do people feel about eliminating the list serv in favor of the forum?Do you have so much spare time that you prefer a web forum over a mailing list? Kai -- Kai Sch?tzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org