[ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?

[Bruce Childs]

I happily peruse both.   We are all ASLers, deep down.......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Murphy" <jmurphy at c-n-r.net>
To: "Paul Hart" <paulh at paulhart.com>; <Aslml at asl-forums.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: [ASLML] Who Cares About the ASL Forums?


>
>
> > 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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