Re: [sumo] Can't... keep... up...

["Howard Gilbert" <h.gilbert@auckland.ac.nz>]

>
> I'm sorry to have to disagree with you (ok, I'm not sorry but polite :).
>
> With this list I get all postings in a straight line in my mailbox, read
> those with a subject that might interest me and mark all others as read
> (yes, modern mailing software can do this). All this reading can be done
> offline.
>
> In a web forum, I have to click on every thread and scroll down to the
> bottom until I find the first new posting while waiting for tons of silly
> little pictures to load, just to read something like "yes, you're right".
> And of course, all of this has to happen online, including the quick
search
> for the interesting text about Whoeverhana I read some weeks ago.
>

I don't want to continue this toing-and-froing too much, but I have to say
that I find a lot more of "yes, you're right" type of responses on the SML.
You can go directly to the latest message in a discussion by clicking on the
"latest message" button. Also, I can totally ignore all the sumo games
sub-forums which I am not interested in.

You are correct in saying that you can read emails offline, and if the
amount or time that you are logged on to the internet is a concern then the
SML is probably better. However, I often find that the SML is dominated by
one or two topics at a time (such as Las Vegas and Akebono wrassling),
whereas the Forum allows many threads to be kept active similtaneously
because people aren't swamped in their inbox with only a couple of issues
(which means that others get forgotten more quickly).

Howard (continuing to use both for the time being)

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