It's personal preference, for sure. I wouldn't close down the list by any means. I prefer forums, because I don't like having my email inbox packed full of a hundred emails every day, I get overwhelmed and just delete them all. This is the only really active list I'm on (I'm also on some dog agility lists but if I get one email a week from them that's a lot). When I can chose to go to a website, log on, and read what I find interesting, that is much more appealing to me. =) However, the folks around here, obviously, prefer the email list. Because web based boards just haven't taken hold. Cyn Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Cynthia Blue wrote:
I personally don't care for blogs myself. I have been to a few, and the subject matter gets pushed down very quickly, and can be missed.
My preference is for forums.
FWIW, when I first signed on to the NASA Ambassador program we used a listserve (much like Utah Astronomy) to exchange info between ambassadors around the country.
It was very active, even more so than Utah Astronomy.
But then the powers that be decided a forum would be better. So the listserve was discontinued and a forum created.
With that forum the only way to get information is to log on to a web site and read the messages.
Traffic fell off immediately.
It's just so much easier to have the messages arrive in one's inbox rather than have to remember to go look for them.
Let's stick with the listserve.
Patrick
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