Yes, I must second Al's emotion here. I am sure it says something about
me, my fecklessness, bone-idleness, etc., but if this list heads off to
fora land I shall not be a (predominantly lurking) follower. Kudos to
Vanda, though -- your mock-up looks nice. It's just that's it's a
forum.
Chris Miles (who would not describe himself as a techno-illiterate or
luddite...just doesn't like fora)
On Dec 16, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Al Billings wrote:
> If this list becomes a forum, I'm not going to be participating. I get
> my e-mail on my laptop, my work computer, and my phone. I have tools
> to sort it and deal with it easily. I'm not going to start going to a
> website every day and hunting through it for conversations of
> interest. I'll just not go.
>
> I am sure that I am not the only one that feels that way.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Vanda Paulino de Noronha
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: List
>>
>>
>> Hi guys
>>
>> First of all, I have to admit that I'm biased, since I was the one
>> pushing for a move to a Forum in the first place.
>>
>> Some of the advantages of Fora have already been mentioned, but I
>> think the main ones (for me, at least) have been left out.
>>
>> One of the biggest advantages of a forum is organization - you have
>> divisions and subdivisions, which allow you to see clearly the theme
>> of the thread, and to know exactly where to go if you want to look
>> back on something which was written, say, two years ago. This is very
>> big for me - with the collection of academic brains present around
>> here, it's nice to know that, in two years time, for example, I can
>> think "Oh, there was a book recommended for such and such on SASM
>> which would be useful now" and that I can simply go back and get it.
>>
>> Another nice thing about Fora is that you can add to any thread when
>> you want - say you discovered new information about something that
>> was being discussed a couple of months ago - without having to repeat
>> everything again, because the subject is nicely filed inside a topic.
>>
>> I think we have the opportunity to create a database of academic
>> knowledge that is easy to consult, to follow, and to read. I think it
>> would be silly to ignore this possibility just because you can't
>> remember another username and password (why don't you just use the
>> same ones you use for e-mail? That's what I do!). As for loading
>> times, the forum I've put together is very simple and fast loading. (
>> http://www.terrasdalua.org/SASM/forum ) and I can make it even
>> lighter if someone still has problems.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Vanda
>>
>>
>>
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Dr. Chris Miles
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
Eastern Mediterranean University
Gazi Magusa
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Mersin 10, Turkey
http://homepage.mac.com/chris_miles
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