REPLY How to promote good work (SD6606)

[SDMAIL Tom Fiddaman]

Posted by  Tom Fiddaman <tom at ventanasystems.com>

A few more wishes for discussion 2.0 expressed:

In addition to:
> - input from email-only users
> - high discussion quality
> - civility
> - email distribution and digests
> - more open discussions
> - distribute moderation burden more widely
> - search
> - threads
> - narrow focus
> - minimal self-indulgent ranting
> - cross-pollination from open to focused list
> - easy/attractive to new users
> - ad-free

- permits including pictures
- linking & remote storage for files
- clean email (no html, no attachments)
- easy to bulk subscribe everyone now on this list

Specific sofware suggestions so far, with a few (+pros --cons ?questions):

* 37signals basecamp (+ simple, clean, easy, richer than a vanilla BB forum, 
subgroups in discussions -- not free, no wiki ? email submission, bulk 
subscription)

* Yahoo groups (+ familiar, richer than vanilla BB -- need Yahoo ID, no 
bulk registration, html email ? no email submission)

* Google groups (+ collab web page creation, email submission to 
discussions -- need google ID, ads)

* phpBB (+ can host ourselves, subgroups in discussions, email submission, 
very widespread -- only does one thing, complex management options)


Tom
Posted by  Tom Fiddaman <tom at ventanasystems.com>
posting date  Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:00:52 -0600