Re: Planning to keep the list alive

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:37 -0400, Peter Ritchie
<advanced.dotnet.discuss.develop.comPETERRITCHIE.COM> wrote:

>I think the reason people use this list is because it
isn't based on a web
>(HTML) interface.

Actually it is :p It's equally usable via web or email.
Personally I
prefer to use it via the web interface, although it's a
pretty dated
interface now - far less user friendly than it could be.

>There's already numereous web-based sites that cover
>the topics discussed on this list.  If a web-based site
were acceptable to
>the subscribers of this list, they'd already be using
one of the existing
>sites.

Personally I like the near-complete absence of spam here and
the advanced
nature of the discussion. And most importantly, I know of
this list's
existence and don't have unlimited time to search out what
other .NET
forums there might be and to assess how good they are. (Set
against that,
I *really* wish this list had a more up-to-date web
interface)

>If you move this list to another forum that does have a
contemporary web-
>based interfaace, you're going to get a high noise to
signal ratio.

I'm sure it's possible to avoid that, though perhaps only at
a cost of
someone's moderation time and avoiding the most popular
sites.

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If Efran cannot for some reasons move the list to his
servers, then I still
believe Google Groups would be the best option. Web
interface is what you
would expect from Google and as far as spam is concerned, it
can easily be
dealt with given the many options to control list
membership. Same goes for
signal to noise ratio, it can go as far as an invite only
list so only
"experts" are participating. The group is still
there (
http:/
/groups.google.com/group/advanced-dotnet) and I am
waiting to see what
happens before deciding what to do with it.

As for StackOverflow, it is indeed a nice website, but I
fear my inbox will
be flooded with messages I am not interested in and I will
end
unsubscribing. Putting an advanced-dotnet tag is not going
to cut it either
I believe. Just my opinion...

Sébastien
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Simon Robinson
<simonsimonrobinson.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:37 -0400, Peter Ritchie
> <advanced.dotnet.discuss.develop.comPETERRITCHIE.COM> wrote:
>
> >I think the reason people use this list is because
it isn't based on a web
> >(HTML) interface.
>
> Actually it is :p It's equally usable via web or email.
Personally I
> prefer to use it via the web interface, although it's a
pretty dated
> interface now - far less user friendly than it could
be.
>
> >There's already numereous web-based sites that
cover
> >the topics discussed on this list.  If a web-based
site were acceptable to
> >the subscribers of this list, they'd already be
using one of the existing
> >sites.
>
> Personally I like the near-complete absence of spam
here and the advanced
> nature of the discussion. And most importantly, I know
of this list's
> existence and don't have unlimited time to search out
what other .NET
> forums there might be and to assess how good they are.
(Set against that,
> I *really* wish this list had a more up-to-date web
interface)
>
> >If you move this list to another forum that does
have a contemporary web-
> >based interfaace, you're going to get a high noise
to signal ratio.
>
> I'm sure it's possible to avoid that, though perhaps
only at a cost of
> someone's moderation time and avoiding the most popular
sites.
>
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If Efran cannot for some reasons move the list to his
servers, then I still
believe Google Groups would be the best option. Web
interface is what you
would expect from Google and as far as spam is concerned, it
can easily be
dealt with given the many options to control list
membership. Same goes for
signal to noise ratio, it can go as far as an invite only
list so only
"experts" are participating. The group is still
there (
http:/
/groups.google.com/group/advanced-dotnet) and I am
waiting to see what
happens before deciding what to do with it.

As for StackOverflow, it is indeed a nice website, but I
fear my inbox will
be flooded with messages I am not interested in and I will
end
unsubscribing. Putting an advanced-dotnet tag is not going
to cut it either
I believe. Just my opinion...

Sébastien
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Simon Robinson
<simonsimonrobinson.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:04:37 -0400, Peter Ritchie
> <advanced.dotnet.discuss.develop.comPETERRITCHIE.COM> wrote:
>
> >I think the reason people use this list is because
it isn't based on a web
> >(HTML) interface.
>
> Actually it is :p It's equally usable via web or email.
Personally I
> prefer to use it via the web interface, although it's a
pretty dated
> interface now - far less user friendly than it could
be.
>
> >There's already numereous web-based sites that
cover
> >the topics discussed on this list.  If a web-based
site were acceptable to
> >the subscribers of this list, they'd already be
using one of the existing
> >sites.
>
> Personally I like the near-complete absence of spam
here and the advanced
> nature of the discussion. And most importantly, I know
of this list's
> existence and don't have unlimited time to search out
what other .NET
> forums there might be and to assess how good they are.
(Set against that,
> I *really* wish this list had a more up-to-date web
interface)
>
> >If you move this list to another forum that does
have a contemporary web-
> >based interfaace, you're going to get a high noise
to signal ratio.
>
> I'm sure it's possible to avoid that, though perhaps
only at a cost of
> someone's moderation time and avoiding the most popular
sites.
>
> ===================================
> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R)  http://www.develop.com
>
> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at
> http://discuss.develop.com

>

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