I prefer forums !

On 10/22/07, Jake Olson <jake.teamai@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I've always been subscribed to get the non-digested form of the
> listserv for as far back as I can remember.  And I'm using gmail which
> actually does a pretty good job of using the "-show quoted text-" to hide a
> lot of the repeated/redundant text.  Gmail also places messages that follow
> a thread into a "collapse able" subject line in my inbox, so I don't have a
> new subject entry for every message that is received... messages are placed
> under the same subject header.  As I've read new messages, it collapses and
> compresses the entry under the subject header.  However, there is still
> quite a bit of redundant text for almost every message received.
>
> And simpjkee makes an excellent point about posting attachments like
> pictures.
>
> Jake - Team A.I.
>
>
>
> On 10/22/07, AZcachemeister < azcachemeister@getnet.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would guess Jake must be opted for the digest format?
> > I agree that posts quoting the entire thread can be overly long.
> > The main problem is posters who have their EMail client set to add their
> reply AFTER the text they are replying to.
> > Sometime it is good to have the material being addressed available,
> however.
> > The same phenomenon can happen in forums as well.
> >
> > I see that the esteemed OP has added a reply that brings out the issue
> that I originally suspected he was really concerned with, that being the
> staleness of the 'news' items on the homepage. While the site owners are
> willing to add fresh news items to the site, WE, THE COMMUNITY must take the
> responsibility for writing them! Perhaps something as simple as a
> 'shout-out' to a local who is about to, or just passed a milestone? Perhaps
> something about a local event that cachers might be interested in, but is
> not well publicized? How about a 'trip report' on that really cool caching
> trip you took last month to...SOMEWHERE?
> >
> > Brian brings up some good points, but I have yet to see any really
> objectionable posts on this list, and I would expect to see the same
> restraint on an azgeocaching.com forum, if one should evolve.
> >
> > With that, I must 'vote' to maintain the status quo. I prefer to get each
> post in my EMail...to be read individually throughout the day.
> >
> > Cache On!
> > Steve
> >
> > Jake Olson wrote:
> >
> > I vote for the forum.
> >
> > I'm tired of scrolling through 3 miles of text to get to the next message
> because people keep forwarding the complete conversation thread when they
> post a response.
> >
> > Jake - Team A.I.
> >
> >
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