Web forums vs mailing list (was Re: minor list changes)

[Erik Klein]

On Mon, March 7, 2005 8:33 am, Vintage Computer Festival said:
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, John Foust wrote:
>
>> But it would also be cool to have machine- and topic- specific forums.
>
> This I agree with whole-heartedly, but it would rely on the discipline of
> the posters (and as we should know from experience, this is no good ;)

That's what moderators are for. . . I currently moderate the VC Forum
solo, but I can add any number of other folks to the list, if need be.

That's hardly a valid argument against web forums but it does reinforce
one of the most distinct advantages of those forums.

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Erik Klein
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