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Re: Google groups
Posted:
Jul 26, 2011 2:19 PM
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William Elliot <marsh@rdrop.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, fishfry wrote:
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>> You were vocal in one MSE thread ...
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> I don't like it. For one thing it requires to much time to it figure out.
How can you "not like it" if you haven't even used it? As I said before,
your registration problems are easily solvable. Hundreds of thousands
of SE users have figured it out without difficulty.
>> For teaching and learning, perhaps. For discussing? No. Some of us are
>> neither active students nor active professionals. Sci.math used to be a
>> great venue for us; now it's not. But MSE is not a discussion forum ...
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> My understanding of MSE is that it's not set up for discussions,
> threads that go on for a few replies until a conclusion arises.
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> Is my understanding correct?
The SE software is designed primarily for Q&A. Discussions can be had
in comments on questions and answers, and in chatrooms. Many comment
thread "discussions" are indeed longer than a few replies.
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