RE: Forums are now up at the Moon Design home page

From: chris jensen romer <chrisjensenromer_at__GkHIGAp9dFJutG9PmqC8cf0DMiC08vrQ2GRAkMwB3iXIWLoYdRwyZn4HRA>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:59:33 +0000

Not addressed at me but I will respond. While the forum implementation differs from the systems I'm used to I expect ill get used to it. I was not aware of existing forums though!?! I don't see why both can not exist : and this is off topic but anyway...

searching this list is at times difficult. The yahoo search is not great. Threading is difficult as topics change. A well constructed forum is far more searchable.

I much prefer forums to email lists. I currently have 828 unread emails to read on this list. On a forum I can easily read what threads interest me and ignore the rest. If a pbb board or similar framework is adopted I can mark threads and ignore threads.

To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
From: dave_at_7p0zF5vPsyUb58dauwS0fLDwq9UHN5RJv4v-vajldFDpA16eMS-U2jHYNbmFX3CAZ31wNoHW0gPijE1OxXA.yahoo.invalid Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:43:59 +0800
Subject: Re: Forums are now up at the Moon Design home page          

      
      
      Can I ask why? 

Forums are kind of an outdated format (very , and we already have well functioning forums for both Glorantha and the heroquest rules, both with good representation from Moon Design.

It sounds like the idea here is for Moon Design to try and reduce their commitment to this forum, in favour of a branded forum that they have more control over. But forums are disliked by many, I can't see myself liking this one either, as it has several classic problems of forums - though there is rudimentary RSS support, you have to visit the web site to see if there are replies to each individual question as far as I can see, and of course you have to edit all your entries in a simple editor in a browser. It will split the discussion to some extent, which isn't great.

Can you explain the positives of the new forums for those of us already on this list?

Cheers

        David

On 15/04/2012, at 11:43 PM, Jeff wrote:

> Forums are now active at the homepage.

> *Ask and answer questions about the HQ rules at the HeroQuest Rules Disccussions.

> *Discuss the world of Glorantha in the Glorantha Discussions.

> *Ask your questions about Glorantha to the Moon Design team.

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> http://moondesignpublications.com/forum

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> The World of Glorantha will remain as it is, but the Moon Design team (especially Ian Cooper, Pete Nash, Loz, Dan Barker, Simon Bray, and myself) are more likely to post more material at the main website.

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> Jeff

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