I've got a LASER, Earthman! writes:
le 16/10/03 00:23, Soleil Lapierre à lapierrs@cuug.ab.ca a écrit :
After some conversations I had last week, I no longer see it as an issue of one list versus another. Why talk of "moving" from this list to the new one when we can be subscribed to both?
Because no one can subscribe to this one anymore, and administration IS a problem. Why maintain a list where any normal moderation activity is out of question. A lot of mailing list from yahoo are currently under spam attack, and the only weapon is to have an admin to kick the offenders out right away.
I may add that if any spam start on the list, it's be MANDATORY not to answer on the list, as you'll be giving your email to the spammer if you follow my idea.
Also, I'm desperate to see all the [K] fan activity divided into 4 lists, as I have also the french list on top of it. This is complete non sense. The new Kreftwark list is a good neutral way to bring back everyone in the family. Maybe I dream (I'm only for about a bit more than a year on the Kfan mailing lists) but it's be GOOD :D
And you should see the crazy [K] hungarians in red shirt
I've been lurking on this list since 1999, but posted rarely. I have also been a member of three other music-related (and some non-music related) mailing lists. To date, this list is the only one I'm still subscribed too. All others have migrated to web forums. I would much rather use a *good* Kraftwerk web forum than remain on a mailing list. One of the major benefits of such forums is that you are not exposed to unwanted discussions, an off-topic section of the forum can contain most flames (in case you feel like participating), and you can still ban people just the same. Discussions can be moderated after the fact, so if a thread gets out of control, it's easy to close it. Also the forum is easily searchable (emphasis on *good* web forum software), and the threads keep all related messges together. And your e-mail doesn't get cluttered. My favorite forum software is http://www.vbulletin.com/ and I frequent a few forums which use it with great results. The emphasis on *good* forum software is such that I've seen too many forums using poor software that makes everyone seriously doubt whether it's really that much better than a mailing list. Just my opinion...