[TxMt] Re: Actual Forum?

[Jacob Rus]

podperson wrote:
> I know there are people who (for some reason) prefer mailing lists to actual
> forums, but I'd like to cast my vote for a proper forum.

podperson wrote:
> A very reasonable preference, especially since I have *never* encountered a
> mailing list where *everything* is interesting.

Okay, your post, and its trolling follow-ups have now created a nice 
flame-war.  You have effectively reduced the signal:noise ratio of this 
mailing list, and showed that even mailing lists might need moderation 
sometimes.  Are you satisfied?

Nigel Metheringham wrote:
 > Frankly forums are implemented by people who misunderstand mailing
 > lists.

++

And that’s not all they misunderstood.  Ever looked at various forum 
markup syntaxes?

Alaric Snell-Pym wrote:
 > As *everybody* who deserves access to any form of communication
 > system capable of transmitting messages further than a hundred metres
 > knows, the only correct Internet discussion system is Usenet.
 >
 > Duh.

That’s certainly how I access this list. :-)

-Jacob