If there's a way of getting a forum to filter out threads on such a basis then I might be a bit more sympathetic to them. Am I doing something wrong in just looking at a list of threads as they appear by default and not getting any benefits like that?
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Lawrence Whitaker
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> It's easy for list emails to get lost in the welter of email I regularly receive. Email list management requires me to actively do things and, being a natural idle sod, I'd rather do as little as possible.
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> For me forums are easier to deal with. I go there, see topics laid out in a structured format and work through what interests me. I can subscribe to hot topics and easily ignore the ones I've no interest in. Navigating forums is something I find easier to do and my email box remains unclogged. It's better for me because it's less intrusive on my time and message space. It's easier to read. It's easier to manage.
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> These are personal preferences. I enjoy forums and don't enjoy message lists. That's the strength of it. I also prefer coffee to tea and brown bread to white. Your preferences will differ.
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> On 2012-04-21, at 9:51 AM, "Tim" <tim_at_AnyXpejKh8hBud9lIQbaJpGqmC9dJ5Mwl-kayX_Awi52t-ZHY6AFqTOZQBYY9bbSKUSptAEKe4HoC7J6yBU.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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>> > > I also prefer forums to email lists. Like others, my inbox is stuffed-full
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>> > If I want to read all the messages on the list, I hit a single key to page down on my email client for each message. If I don't wait to read them, I just leave it there and read it at my leisure.
>> > If I want to read every message in a forum, I have to click through, read, then hit a next or back button, wait for load etc, for each message. It takes far longer.
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>> I'm confused as to how a forum full of unread messages is any better than an in-box full. You can delete unwanted messages from your mailbox , but they will always be in the forum, potentially forcing the unread, but interesting messages further away from the front page...
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