[DeTomaso] POCA Forum

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 17 16:11:04 EST 2011


Agreed, I participate on both POCA and PI, (not so much on the Provamo forum... that is classed a separate forum now isn't it? ;>)) Both e-mail and web formats have pluses and minuses, there is no obvious winner. More recently I see a lot of duplication of threads, whether that is indictaion or prediction of anything for the future I have no idea. It may actually be a good thing as at least a larger proportion of the Pantera community is exposed to or participates in one way or another.
 
As Asa Jay stated this debate comes up with some frequency and I think it is worth taking a moment to look back at where it arises from......
 
>From what I see it more often than not arises from a source who participated on both forums and for whatever reason had a disagreement with the moderator/owner of the PI forum so no longer participates there, but I guess that person obviously felt the PI format the better one. The motivation might be self serving in that if the POCA web forum were accepted more people would drift away from PI.
 
Julian
 
> From: charlesmccall at gmail.com
> To: JDeRyke at aol.com; mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:24:50 +0100
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Forum
> 
> Yes, but it doesn't have to be an either-or proposition. 
> 
> The PI forum exists. The POCA forum exists. You don't have to stop posting
> here to subscribe to either forum. You don't have to cancel your account on
> either forum to post here. So the whole debate is kind of senseless - it may
> serve to inform those that are unaware of the other format, but nobody is
> required to choose one system or the other...
> 
> Charles McCall
> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
> "Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
> nombre de JDeRyke at aol.com
> Enviado el: lunes, 17 de enero de 2011 21:19
> Para: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at realbig.com
> Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA Forum
> 
> In a message dated 1/17/11 4:14:50 AM, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
> 
> > Those that prefer the current receiving mails format, are you on the PI 
> > Forum, have you experienced it? There you can set up so that you receive a
> 
> > daily email in a nice format with all the forum sections you're interested
> 
> > in (I've chosen All). You don't have to go into the forum at all to see
> what 
> > happens. It's one mail instead of 30, it's good format, it shows pictures 
> > and avatars, it let's you search old postings. It's f...... perfect, and
> it 
> > would make me post more (whether that's
> > considered an advantage or not, I'll leave up to you :-))
> > 
> I agree with Mikael, and add that once logged onto PI's forum, you can 
> select "remember me" and subsequent logs-on are not necessary- until each
> time 
> they upgrade their software. But the 'remember' involves using the same 
> computer and location so if you have two, or move around the country/world,
> the 
> 'remember me' sometimes doesn't work. 
> Second good thing: once 'remember me' is selected, I can click the daily 
> e-mail reminder, click on the 'DeTomaso Internet Community' line at the top,
> 
> and the entire Forum opens immediately with no typing and no log-in. You can
> 
> read everything & answer posts on subjects you'd not previously selected. 
> On the downside, the PI Forum date in the e-mail is irrelevent; it opens 
> the current page regardless which post you start with. So getting old posts 
> means going back a page or more if you're interested in the whole thread and
> 
> you miss a days post when its current. Their archive search engine is 
> problematic as well. No one's perfect.... 
> In the words of Bob Park, a U.S nuclear physicist, 'The Internet is the 
> depository of the World's knowlege. It is also the depository of the World's
> 
> B.S. There is no filter except between your ears'. So take ALL forums posts 
> with appropriate grains of salt... J DeRyke
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