[ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?

[Paul Hart]

I agree with a lot of what I have heard from others in this debate, but 
to be honest these
type of debates are one of the reasons I see myself using the forums 
more and more.

I personally find it easier to sort through the "non pure ASL topics" in 
the forums.  They
have a better hierarchy enabling me to get to and for relavant content 
to stand out.

Now my guess is that a number of folks who favour the ASLML tend to like 
the
type of "discussions" and jesting that take place :-0

In all seriousness, I tend to believe that both methods will continue to 
exist as I and
many others I imagine use both.

-Paul

Bruce Bakken wrote:

> Hi, Bruce.
>
> Nice response.
>
>>
>> >I was curious whether Listers have similar, reciprocal feelings 
>> about the
>> >Forum.  Do we, by virtue of being Listers, inherently prefer the 
>> ASLML over
>> >any other forum?
>>
>> Well, firstly, I'm a creature of habit.  The ASLML has been around for a
>> long time, and I've never seen the need to "replace" it with anything.
>>
>> Secondly, although these days I have a lot of free time that I can 
>> use to
>> hang around on-line, it hasn't always been true, and may not be true 
>> in the
>> future.  The ASLML comes to my mailbox off-line.  If I suddenly lose my
>> internet connection, I can still read and reply to mail (it's just 
>> that the
>> replies may be delayed a little).  (This was more important a couple of
>> years ago, when the average daily discussion was 150 messages; a lot 
>> to chew
>> through in one sitting.)
>>
>
> This is a very good point, IMO.  Perhaps the mechanical differences 
> between the two plays a role in which one a player prefers.
>
>> If the "Forums" could be made accessible in an off-line format, I'd 
>> probably
>> participate.
>>
>> >Is it even a good thing that two separate sources of
>> >information exist, when many times the topics do not overlap?
>>
>> But why don't the topics overlap?  No matter how you talk about it, ASL
>> remains the same game, and the same people play it.  I've never 
>> thought of
>> any *ASL* discussion as being "inappropriate" for the ASLML; the same 
>> should
>> be true of the Forums.
>>
>
> An interesting question.  I guess I should qualify my observation, 
> insofar as it appears to me there is not a lot of overlap.  Certainly 
> the same *types* of subjects come up: i.e. rules questions, AAR, and 
> so forth.  On occasion, the same person will ask the same question or 
> raise the same point in both venues, so it does happen.  Mostly I 
> suppose it could be a function of different inhabitants, thus 
> different *topics* come up.
>
>> >How can an ASL player keep up?
>>
>> I guess it depends on whether you think you *need* to keep up.  One 
>> aspect
>> of the Forums that is useful is that topics are compartmentalised, so 
>> that
>> if you never want to read about a particular ASL sub-topic, you can 
>> probably
>> avoid it.  (Similarly, you should be able to avoid the 
>> completely-off-topic
>> stuff.)  On the ASLML you have to take it all as it comes.  
>> Personally, I
>> don't mind that, but I don't begrudge others that do.
>>
>
> I have heard other laments in the past about the number of different 
> venues (e.g. ASLML, ASL Forums, Consimworld, others I can't remember 
> off-hand).  Personally, I don't feel a need to keep up, per se.  Just 
> having so many venues causes me to sometimes wonder if I'm not missing 
> something interesting on the other channel, as it were.
>
> I have no problem with multiple forums, nor for people expressing 
> their preferences.  It was only the recent ASLML discussion about 
> moderation, along with the recent ASL Forums thread about the ASLML, 
> that got me into thinking along these lines.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Bakken
>
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