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An internet forum (presumably we're referring to a public forum here) is a very different communication medium than email (especially when used in a professiona
by SifJar 7y ago
An internet forum (presumably we're referring to a public forum here) is a very different communication medium than email (especially when used in a professional context)
- u801e 7y ago> An internet forum (presumably we're referring to a public forum here) is a very different communication medium than email Not really. Take a look at any email discussion like the Linux kernel mailing list or the git mailing list. Same thing with newsgroups (usenet).
- jamespo 7y agoNewsgroups aren't exactly vibrant any more, sadly.
- Brometheus 7y agoYes really. Take a look at the mails I use to discuss things with my customers.
- arbitrage 7y ago> Same thing with newsgroups (usenet). good lord, how old are you?
- darkpuma 7y agoI was participating in rec.games.roguelike.development until 2011 or so. Some of those communities lasted a lot longer than most would expect.
- darkpuma 7y agoI've seen professionally-oriented PHP forums and they are no better than any casual-interest oriented PHP forum. Tons of visual clutter with all kinds of rectangles nested inside each other all over the screen with little apparent purpose for any of them. Join dates of users are given higher visual precedence to the date a comment was made (why is the join date of a user even visible on a discussion page at all?? That's pointless clutter!) 90% of users attaching signatures to every comment they leave with the signature body being longer than whatever remark they left, and often being filled with shitty animated gifs that look like they were stolen from somebody's geocities page. It's a trash medium. Fundamentally flawed. Trying to fix typical PHP forums is like trying to polish a turd.