One thing I see is that some need to get used to reply where a comment is made - Uli said that about scaring away people in another discussion. I could with some effort split, move and rejoin topics, though I guess everyone would learn the benefits of keeping discussions in tidy packages rather quickly, in case we decide to go there.
We had a lot of complaints about the list lately, and I admit it IS (too?) difficult to follow a discussion when several topics intermix. I naturally am a forum kind of guy - this was my time to be socialized in the Internet - too late for lists, too early (thank the flying spaghetti monster) for social media. A forum helps structuring thoughts a lot, and we can get the aww, pretty faction back without having them flooding the separate serious discussions.
We had a lot of complaints about the list lately, and I admit it IS (too?) difficult to follow a discussion when several topics intermix. I naturally am a forum kind of guy - this was my time to be socialized in the Internet - too late for lists, too early (thank the flying spaghetti monster) for social media. A forum helps structuring thoughts a lot, and we can get the aww, pretty faction back without having them flooding the separate serious discussions.
