Thoughts on theforum (was Re: [Theforum] Re: voting)

[Erika Meyer]

The forum is not going to be for everyone.  These lists are a lot
different and the issues more complex than they are on thelist.

As we were discussing on the chat yesterday, dealing with people (as
opposed to machines) is not necessarily all that easy.  _Especially_
with ascii-only.

Subject lines: yes when they branch they should be changed.  They
should not be changed unless the thread is in fact veering or
branching, however, as some of us will sort by subject line and so
could miss posts.

I do believe that when we achieve some simple, clear processes, that
making an "impact" will be easier for many of us.  There are issues
that I am not particularly interested in discussing in depth, but
which I would at least like to weigh in on, before a final decision
occurs.

Hopefully, everyone's efforts towards streamlining, simplifying, and
documenting will pay off in the end...

but really, even though you see a lot of "bitching" -- the fact is
that there is a core group of very dedicated people who have worked
their asses off for years to make Evolt what it is... and they
continue to do so today.  They have a lot of investment and passion
in the org, and it shows.

(I'm not really one of them... but I know who they are & they have my respect.)

Erika

mk, then louis wrote:
>  > I now treat theforum as a painful read every few days, to see what's
>  > going
>  > on and who's bitching about who ;)
>  > I am _very_ interested, and would like to make more of an effort/impact,
>  > but it just seems so out of reach at the moment.
>
>+1
>
>changing subjects to be more context sensitive will make people (like
>me) more likely to read a post then to try to sift through twenty or
>thirty (kinda somewhat related) replies to one thread.
>
>-louis