Yes.I would prefer a message board.Roger
Brandon Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: All,
Curious as to how many list members might prefer a message board format over the standard email listserv currently in place. Message boards make more sense to me for the following reasons:
1. Generally speaking, it is difficult to browse the ARSClist archives. Especially if a topic began in one month but continued into the next, as the two parts tend to become divorced from one another.
2. With a message board, one can view both the original topic/question/etc and all subsequent responses in one fell swoop, something that comes in particularly handy when performing searches in the archives. As it stands now, all posts in the archives must be viewed individually, losing much narrative/conversational flow along the way.
3. When a list member changes the name of a thread in mid-conversation, subsequent posts again become divorced from the original topic.
4. Let's be honest, on chatty days, the in-box traffic can get a little overwhelming...especially for those of us NOT taking part in a particular conversation.
For the record: Yes, I'm aware of the *digest* option...seems to me, the only grievance it solves is item #4.
thanks as always, Brandon
_______________________________________ Brandon Burke Assistant Archivist for Audiovisual Collections Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6010 voice: 650.724.9711 fax: 650.725.3445 email: burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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