On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Oleg Rekutin wrote:
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.
There are more advantages to a web forum than I had realized, but to me the killer drawback is that it requires using a web browser. It's a bothersome extra step. I find email participation vastly easier. -- /* Soleil */