[ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?

[Jack Murphy]

> 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

I could pass on the current discussions taking place here and my delete key
allows me to do that. I don't use the ASL forum because I don't like the
forum format but that's just me.

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

Room for both I agree but I'll take the List anyday.

Jack

> -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
> >
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Bruce Probst              bprobst at netspace.net.au
> >> Melbourne, Australia      MSTie #72759
> >> "A planet where apes evolved from men?"
> >> ASL FAQ              http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/mantis/ASLFAQ
> >>
> >
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