> Seriously (still) <g> -- can anyone explain why (apparently a lot > of) > people find web boards attractive? I've found one tiny advantage -- Potential for a captive audience for advertising revenue from those dopey, dancing baloney, web banners that take forever to load over my 28.8-33.6 connection (my phone lines wont do anything over that--USWorst has a slick system in place to clip the bandwidth). My two bits? If they want advertising, I'd support an ad message posted maybe one or twice a week from a sponsor.
> board, and it's often interesting. Of course having them searchable > also > means that correspondents' addresses are available to spam > address-harvesting programs... Many lists that run over listservs have archives. Of course, archives cost money, searchable archives cost even more money (or time, or resources). Cheers! Dave 99 VW Jetta TDI Soon to be owner of an 82 Diesel Westy 98 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel. (Makes it really easy when its late at night and cant remeber what pump to pull up to at the fuel station) =) |
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