minor list changes

[Erik Klein]

On Mon, March 7, 2005 2:42 pm, Tony Duell said:
> 3) Web-based fora seem to attract a lot more off-topic garbage than
> mailing lists. I suspect we'd be overrun with XP questions within a week
> (or less).

I won't respond to 1 and 2 because I agree that they are advantages of
lists versus forums.

I can easily refute #3 above, though, since my forums are not at all
"overrun" by any off-topic nonsense.  In fact, this very list has had a
much higher percentage of blatantly off-topic posts since I've been a
member than my forums ever have.

I do get the occassional off-topic posts, but I have message areas to
redirect those to.

Also, I can actually go back and delete off-topic nonsense at any time. 
You can't unsend an email.  This is both an advantage and a disadvantage,
but I prefer to think of it as a benefit in responsible hands.

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