[p2p-research] p2presearch Digest, Vol 19, Issue 153

[M. Fioretti]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 16:15:22 PM +0700, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> The only way this can work is:
> 
> - either through forum software, where discussions can be organized
> in subject threads

I've already written about how to make mailing list conversation more
efficient in another reply. With respect to this, I strongly advice
against forums. It is much more efficient and faster to have all
mailing lists in ONE window where you can always, immediately reply
with YOUR, always equal, preferred interface and settings than setting
signature, etc... in the same number of forums and surfing to them to
reply. Not to mention the fact that you can reply to an email and send
it the next time you're online, while you can't reply offline to a
forum, posting the same message to more places (if really necessary)
or to more people is much slower with forums...

Besides the general problems of forums, this particular list is
"doomed" by its very nature to host lots of different topics,
sometimes interrelated sometimes not. To organize discussions it may
be enough to enforce adoption of proper subject lines, so people just
avoid to open the threads they have no interest in.

Marco
-- 
Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how
software is used *around* you:            http://digifreedom.net/node/84