[Discuss] time to scrap the moderated list

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 7 Dec 2007 at 15:31, psymann wrote:

> Robert Croson, Jr wrote:
> > If you know of better mod-list software that does what you are suggesting, and 
> > works with Tom's mail server, then please suggest it. Otherwise, there's nothing 
> > we can do to change the way it works.
> 
> Well, much of it can be done on a forum...

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Frequently asked, frequently rejected.

If you really insist on discussing the merits and possibilities of forums, you 
should probably contact Tom directly. You're evangelizing to the wrong people.

>  >* Tom hates forums.
> Why?  I'm not offering, since I haven't the ability to do so, but if I 
> created one from scratch now, missing out all the things he hates, but 
> still called it a forum, would he hate that too just because I call it a 
> forum?

Q: Why is there no forum? I could set one up at...

A: So could I. Not having a forum was a conscious decision. To be honest, it is 
my long-held belief that forums are cheap, incomplete replacements for usenet 
groups. The mailing list does all a forum could do, and more.  

>  >* Tom will not host a forum.
> He doesn't have to - you can get free ones hosted elsewhere.

What does that have to do with the price of rice in China?

He's not refusing to host a forum because he doesn't have the disk space/server 
capacity/bandwidth/etc. He's refusing because he doesn't *want* a forum.

>  >* Tom will not participate in forums.
> Of course not, because he hates them.  If he learned to like them, he 
> might participate.

Given his continuing statements on forums, I sincerely doubt that he will ever 
learn to like them.


-- 
Rob

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