[Elecraft] Long messages

[Clay Autery]

Having spent the last 25 years administering,  owning, running, etc, 
etc, ad nauseum both forums (from uBBS 1.0, vBBS, et al), and supporting 
clients with forums, email reflectors, et al. I have to disagree with you.

As much as I 1) LOVE forums, and 2) loathe every additional email I 
don't want/need, for amateur radio related subjects, like Elecraft (I'm 
in this one and 4 other related on two platforms), I do not think a 
forum is the way to go.
I'm busy, and I don't even GO to most of the forums I spent years on 
anymore because.... well, I am busy.  The "push" nature of a reflector 
allows me to review quickly and stay right up to date on all the subject 
areas I am interested in.

Now, that is NOT to say the "reflector" idea cannot be improved upon.
I PREFER Groups.io, which is kind of a hybrid of sorts.  If you want, 
it's JUST a reflector.  BUT, it ALSO provides a searchable database, and 
a LOT of other tools for use when you need to research historical 
threads and posts.

Now, I know lots of folks resist change and Groups.io is a change.  But 
it works "better" for a wider range of folks, and IMO is much easier to 
administer.

Finally, IF we are not to move to Groups.io, then I would like to see us 
return to the basic "rules" we USED to observe before....

1) Only quote what is absolutely necessary to keep thread continuity.
2) Strip away everything from the "____________________" and down.
3) Observing the quiet death of threads when they drift and/or 
sufficiently beat the horse to death.

In the past, Eric was the arbiter of the "rules".  That is a TERRIBLE 
use of his time.  Perhaps if we could hammer out some rules that Wayne 
and Eric would "sign-off" upon, and then find a couple of Reflector 
moderators from among the more experienced, level-headed, and 
thick-skinned, et al. of us to fulfill the lion's share of the admin 
duties (with Eric and Wayne ONLY managing by exception), we MIGHT just 
streamline the reflector traffic a bit.

That's my 2/100ths of a fiat currency "dollar".  And worth both 
pennies.  <smile>

73 and God Bless and Keep every single one of you!

______________________
Clay Autery, KY5G
(318) 518-1389

On 01/04/21 07:09, Barry wrote:
> Just another reason why a forum makes so much more sense than pushing out
> emails to everyone.
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> Barry W2UP
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