On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:40:17 -0000, "in2minds"
wrote:

Please feel free to join

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thenewyankeeworkshop/


why do people insist on using yahoo groups as an alternative to usenet
or any other forum/bulletin board service ?
I find it very hard to follow and a lot of work just to read a thread,
usenet is far more user friendly IMO.

or am I missing something about yahoo groups... like how to follow a
thread without sifting through loads of other messages, ads and having
to flick back and fore between pages ?

LJ


They do have some value if properly done.

These are generally moderated and subject matter is usually on or
close to topic for a higher proportion of the time. There is
normally very little flaming if any.

Yahoo in particular also offers quite good archiving as well as file
and picture storage.

I belong to a specialised Yahoo one for owners of Austrian
manufactured Felder woodworking machinery. (Felder Owners Group).
There are a mixture of U.S. and European/other country participants.

Posts can be made or read by email and/or by use of the web site.
There is a files area with information that is regularly needed by new
owners, details of accessories made by or which can be bought from
users, pictures of how to do setups for particular tasks and so on.
Everything is in one place. The moderators do a very good job of
keeping the group/site in a tidy condition, so it's a valuable
resource. Various staff members from the company participate
regularly and it becomes a valuable feedback for them on what their
customers think. New ideas are implemented as a result, quite often.

I find this one really useful.

There are of course, a lot of rubbishy groups as well. I think that
it's a different thing to Usenet and both have their value.

I don't like attempts on web sites to import and export Usenet.
Almost all of them are done poorly, especially those who whould know
better like Google.






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