[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Users Mailing List Traffic

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On 19 Mar 2006, at 17:47, Ira wrote:

> At 07:50 AM 03/19/2006, you wrote:
>> Actually, for something like Asterisk, that has so many different  
>> aspects, a Forum would be a much better idea. Then, each piece of  
>> hardware can have its own category, along with an FAQ.
>
> There's lots of Asterisk forums out there already, but weirdly  
> enough all the really good information is in the mailing list.   
> Funny how that seems to be a consistent pattern in the world.

Whether or not a forum is a better idea isn't really depending on the  
subject matter IMHO. Its success or failure depends on what the  
prospective participants like better. I personally cannot stand  
forums. That's a place where I have to expend energy to go there and  
manually click through stuff. If I remember to go there and say up to  
date, that is. Email comes to me, and is sorted suitably on the  
server side so there is no clutter. Deleting messages I don't care  
about is much easier than clicking myself through some thread on a  
forum.

jens