<VV> Email format vs. forum- a different perspective

[BBRT]

Geez! No bling? At least go crazy wild and put a pink dot on a tire 
somewhere... <G>

Chuck S
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mhicks130 at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: <VV> Email format vs. forum- a different perspective


>I like the forum at Corvair Center - in fact I like it better than the 
>email format of VV.  I find myself spending more time there than on VV and 
>it used to be the opposite.  In fact, I no longer get the email digest (or 
>individual emails) from VV, I go to the archive page and read there, which 
>makes it more like a forum really.
>
> I found I was more likely to respond to a stupid post when I read it in an 
> email than I am if I read it off a page full of posts.  It's just the way 
> I am.  There were a LOT of stupid posts here for a while and I found 
> myself getting caught up in it so I stopped getting the digests.  Checking 
> the archives is much more conducive to avoiding the annoyances.  I think 
> the forum format is even better for avoiding posts you don't like or are 
> just not interested in.  There's less need for people to come on and post 
> "stop posting on this subject" posts.  There's still nonsense there but 
> it's easier to spot and avoid (if you want to).  And all the posts 
> pertaining to a particular subject are under one post heading so you don't 
> have to scroll through a list of posts to find the thread you want.  It's 
> also easier to separate the new posts from the quoted old posts with the 
> forum format since each new post is in its own "box".  Sometimes there's 
> so much quoting of previous posts in people
> 's responses here  that I can't find their response at all!
>
> Another thing I like about the forum format is posts auto-wrap.  On some 
> VV posts, the words scroll out to the right forever making it very 
> difficult to read.  Maybe it's a failing of Firefox but I don't have that 
> problem on forum pages.
>
> Personally, I'd love for VV to go to a forum format but for now, the 
> archive reading method works great for me.
>
> BTW, I'm almost 50 and my car has stock wheels, paint and engine - no 
> bling.  Just for the record.
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