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* Pointless posting encouraged, so more staff needed to keep overview | * Pointless posting encouraged, so more staff needed to keep overview | ||
* Moving threads, keeping OT, managing boards is all overhead | * Moving threads, keeping OT, managing boards is all overhead | ||
+ | * Involves running your own spam filters | ||
Lack of support | Lack of support | ||
* No widely used, secure, feature-complete software | * No widely used, secure, feature-complete software | ||
− | * Crap search | + | * Crap search (especially compared to google groups/gmail) |
+ | * Most systems don't use hierarchical threading | ||
Doesn't replace email | Doesn't replace email | ||
− | * If linked to email, just use mailing list manager | + | * If linked to email, why not just use a mailing list manager? |
− | * Otherwise, | + | * Otherwise, depends on web access to check it and will die out immediately |
* Which boards should people subscribe to? | * Which boards should people subscribe to? | ||
* Mental overhead/bad pattern fit | * Mental overhead/bad pattern fit | ||
+ | * People can't sort forum posts into their own folders or star them | ||
+ | * Forums encourage deletion, of individual threads or entire topics. Email means there's a paper trail. |
Latest revision as of 12:49, 21 January 2016
Feature masturbation (see also: Google Wave)
- Wiki/piratepad better for collaboration
- IRC/jabber better for informal chat
- Email better for discussion
- Imgur better for image macros
Maintenance overhead
- Pointless posting encouraged, so more staff needed to keep overview
- Moving threads, keeping OT, managing boards is all overhead
- Involves running your own spam filters
Lack of support
- No widely used, secure, feature-complete software
- Crap search (especially compared to google groups/gmail)
- Most systems don't use hierarchical threading
Doesn't replace email
- If linked to email, why not just use a mailing list manager?
- Otherwise, depends on web access to check it and will die out immediately
- Which boards should people subscribe to?
- Mental overhead/bad pattern fit
- People can't sort forum posts into their own folders or star them
- Forums encourage deletion, of individual threads or entire topics. Email means there's a paper trail.