I agree with the first part. But in fact, as this is a mail list as well, the digest in yahoo is absolutely dispensable. If people want, we set up a digest form comparable to temppeli (or better still) in parallel. I could offer my commitment here.
It is the mailing list that I deem important over anything else. Read about presentation and preservation etc. in my former postings.
Almost all aspects of being dependent on a web presentation alone has uncountable disadvantages.
P.
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> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Rick <rmeints_at_KxOHA7KRxaq_IHRgdXQLevjpvdOrAokeEf6D-wq8SUZodgIUsa-HzAwklrW0KgJ3U6-TO1-VZU1CNfZv.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> >
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> >
> >
> > David Cake <dave_at_...> wrote:
> > > Which is exactly what I was afraid of - that you want to replace, not
> > supplement,
> > > the WoG and other mailing lists. IMO, forums don't replace mailing
> > iists, any
> > > more than wikis replace blogs. Different purposes, different use
> cases,
> > different rules.
> > > Forums are an excellent format for situations where there is a large
> > amount of
> > > information on offer, but you want to read only a small amount of it.
> > > That is why they make excellent tools for product support, for
> example.
> >
> > I guess we'll just have to see how it goes. In the end, at least for
> Jeff
> > and I, we can only participate in so many forums/lists/groups/websites
> on a
> > regular basis. We are not into shutting down anything, but we can only
> post
> > in so many places before running out of time. There are only so many
> hours
> > in the day we can spend writing gloranthan material, working with
> artists,
> > doing layout, running our web store, answering emails, etc. People are
> > welcome to use whatever gloranthan website/forum/group/etc. they desire,
> > but I hope they realize that if they want a prompt response from Jeff or
> I,
> > they are most likely to get it if they use the forums and similar on the
> > Moon Design website. Also, there may very well end up being
> fragmentation
> > of discussion where the same thing gets talked about in two places, and
> if
> > you want info from Jeff/Greg/me, you may have to go to the MD website to
> > read it. I hope we don't see a situation where people complain about
> "why
> > didn't they respond here", or "I didn't know they were talking about
> topic
> > X there". Please remember we are not saying we won't post here, but time
> > constraints make it less likely we'll participate here. For some, maybe
> > they'll see our limited presence as a plus. :-)
> >
> > Right now, I bounce between at least 4 yahoo groups, rpg.net, the MD
> > website, FB, and probably 3-4 other websites. None are huge in traffic
> on
> > any given day, but it's a lot on some days.
> >
> >
> >
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