[Asterisk-Users] CONTEST: Top Posters win 80G Hard Drive

[Steven Critchfield]

On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 17:32, David Burr wrote:
> Forums are more desirable for the newbie user. I realize people are set 
> the their ways. thats fine :)

Maybe so, bt unfortunately newbies who don't get helped tend to loose
interest or worse yet go flaming away at anything in site. Forums will
not attract people with the appropriate knowledge base to be helpful. 

Forums are intended for a normal sized monitor and usually a graphical
web client. Mailing lists can be synced to a laptop, pda, cell phone, or
any other device with some memory and a mail reader. Forums also don't
led themselves to continually driving traffic. It is a get your answer
and leave type of environment. A mailing list distributes all messages
to a user. There are many messages on this list that I tend to mark as
read without even skimming them. Sometimes when I see a thread has blown
up with a lot of responses, I might be inclined to check it out more.
Having the text already local to me makes this excursion much faster and
less distracting.

The other point to think about is that eventually the newbie must grow
up. Eventually they also will be trying to digest tons of information in
the most efficient manner. Forums are not efficient in the least. Forums
are only decent if the newbie will never grow up, and for flashing
banners at them.
 

> daryl at introspect.net wrote:
> 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> >>[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David Burr
> >>Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 4:31 PM
> >>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> >>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] CONTEST: Top Posters win 80G Hard Drive
> >>
> >>
> >>We have a new contest starting today!
> >>
> >>The first three members to post 300 messages at 
> >>http://www.asterisk.bz
> >>will win a _80Gig Hard Drive!_
> >>
> >>Its 
> >>quite simple. Messages must be asterisk related.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I can guarantee you that very few people who know anything about * will
> >be posting to that site.
> >
> >It's a horrible interface, as nearly all forums that try to duplicate
> >mailing lists are.  Do you really think Linux/UNIX CLI guys want to deal
> >with a web site where <insert their own favorite mail reader here> will
> >do just fine?
> >
> >Highly technical forums, especially those related to primarily CLI
> >tools, fail miserably.
> >
> >Have you not been reading this list as to the feelings of the regular
> >contributors and answer-providers on this issue?
> >
> >Daryl G. Jurbala
> >BMPC Network Operations
> >Tel: +1 215 825 8401 x235
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Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>