[wplug-plan] Making the big changes

[Justin at js-wordsmith.com]

It isn't that message boards promote stagnation, as the author asserts; since they're easier to search, a lot of the time there simply isn't a need to hold new discussions. Everyone here is familiar with software repositories. Well, message boards are knowledge repositories. I've lost track of how many times I've found answers just by searching a forum. My background is with the hardware enthusiast community, rather than the software enthusiast community, and that's how we roll.

You're right that it does come to personal preference, and I'm on the wrong side of it in this case.

Justin Smith
Electronic Communication Specialist
724-612-2837
http://www.js-wordsmith.com




>---- Original Message ----
>From: Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com>
>To: wplug-plan at wplug.org
>Sent: Wed, Dec 5, 2012, 10:41 PM
>Subject: Re: [wplug-plan] Making the big changes
&gt;
>On 12/6/2012 12:32 AM, Justin at js-wordsmith.com wrote:
>> To be honest, I don't like all of these emails cluttering up my inbox.
>>
>> It isn't that I have a problem with asynchronous communication in general; I love using message boards. They're easy to search and keep discussions well-organized. I know you programmer types love using mailing lists, but I feel like they're more suited to announcements than discussion.
>>
>> I'd love to replace WPLUG's mailing lists with a message board like phpBB, which is GPL software, but I doubt such a proposal would get anywhere. That being the case, real-time communication is my second choice.
&gt;
>Interesting... ;-)  I was reading in the list John sent, that the author 
>recommends doing everything in e-mail rather than message boards / 
>forums, as (he asserts) the latter tend to create insular communities, 
>which is asserted to be a bad thing...  I guess it really is a matter of 
>personal style.  For myself, I happen to prefer having everything 
>"important" in e-mail, or on Facebook (yeah, I know ... I don't really 
>use Google+, because almost nobody I know in real life uses Google+, and 
>those are the people I want to talk to...).  I participate in some 
>message boards, but I find that my participation tends to be "hit and 
>run" - I have a specific question or issue I want to discuss, I ask (or 
>say) it, get an answer, and then go away and often don't come back for a 
>long time. Don't like having a dozen different sites to check each day.  
>For message boards I follow closely, where it's supported, I will tend 
>to "subscribe" to the forums I care about, so that all forum posts get 
>sent to my e-mail (which is almost always the first place I see them).  
>Or subscribe to them in an RSS reader like RSSowl if possible, but 
>admittedly don't even check RSSowl more than a couple of times per week.
&gt;
>But yeah - it really is a matter of personal style, and what you're used 
>to (and how you prefer to work).
&gt;
>--Pat.
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