Re: Official Eovia boards? 2004-04-20 - By Frank Patnaude
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--- ih8yahwhoo <ih8yahwhoo@(protected)> wrote:
> > Why doesn't Eovia have it's own forum?
> >
>
> Yep, this topic comes up pretty regularly. In fact at one time if I
> remember correctly
> someone at Eovia actually asked how this community would feel about
> setting up an
> official forum at Eovia. The overwhelming response was "Yes! That
> would be a great
> idea." There was even a poll done (albeit an unscientific one) that
> expressed this.
Well, not all of these polls were what I would call well designed. This
is more than a yes/no question and the turnout of the polls tends to be
low. If there are 3000 people in this group and 100 says YES to evovia
board and 5 say NO, does that mean they represent the 3000 or is it
really 100 YES and 2900 NO? Same goes for the Move from Yahoo, YES or
NO? I know with those choices, I would vote no because the yes vote
tends to want to move the site to a new board that does not have the
same capabilities, ie email.
> But it
> seems that the wishes of a few oldtimers who are set in their ways
> have decided that the
> best way to get our Carrara news is through an archaic email system
> that invites spam or
> through a terrible web interface that is so cluttered with
> advertising that it actually
> discourages many people from contributing to regular discussions.
For starters, it is more than just "a few oldtimers who are set in
their ways" who use the email system. Since you are new here, you
probably don't realize that BEFORE their was a web board system, hell,
before there were web boards, there was a Carrara list. (Actually it
was Ray Dream back then, but many of the same people are around). Until
the list was moved to yahoo, there was no web board capabilities at
all. Some of the members use the web board, but others only use the
email capabilites. And this is NOT because we are "set in our ways", it
is entirely based on capabilites and functionality. With an email
system, I get each message personally delievered to me. I can set those
messages in their own folder and read them at my will, either online or
offline. I can also reply to them at will, so messages sit around for
days before I get a chance to reply. (Lucky of you, I can reply to this
one immediatly :). Not only do I get a chance to read and reply at
will, I can also store the messages I want into my own personal archive
system for review at a later date. I have messages from Ray Dream that
still apply to Carrara 3 that I review when needed. With all that in
mind, when someone asks me if I want to move to a new system that takes
away the features and capabilites that I use daily and replaces them
with new features and capabilities that I never use, then you will not
be suprised when my answer is a resounding no.
Frank
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