[CAUT] Requirements for contributing/posting; RPT status

[Ron Nossaman]

>  Well Ron there's nothing really limiting by using a forum structure for the
> conversation instead of a list server. The conversation would still exist in
> un-digested form. People would choose to reply to a thread or begin a new
> one, or not read it at all. The system would not in any way limit what you
> see or what you say. You choose what you want to pay attention to, or not,
> by subscribing to whatever you want to subscribe to, or not. The
> organization of the threads, the conversation, is neither in your control ,
> nor not in your control. The organization of the conversation reflects the
> sensibilities of all who use it, and changes as the community of users see
> fit, dynamically and ongoing.

I guess I don't get it then. What's the functional difference?


> I apologize for misunderstanding you, BTW. When you said, "Kind of like
> life. In my experience, organization is possible only when you have all the
> information already. " I thought when you said this that you meant that
> organization is not possible unless you have all the information already.

No foul, no problem. There's always another 42 levels of 
unspoken detail in any communication. I just thought it was 
condensed a tad too abruptly.


> Of course having two lists such as we do has its own limitations.
> 
> Alan

It do, as does everything else.
Ron N