On 07.04.2015, Tim wrote:
Personally, I hate webforums, they're so chaotic and cumbersome
to use.
I participate in around a dozen mailing lists, and I can do that because
messages come to me. I couldn't do anything like that if I had to visit
a dozen different websites.
I'd like to second that.
There are some reasons why something like a Web Forum exists. One reason is
that in a world full of smartphones and tablets, that's the way a lot of people
use the net. And it's a stupid one in my eyes.
Another one is: they don't even know what a mailing list is and
that such exists. In addition, their mailreaders usually can't handle
large amounts of mail properly.