Karen J. Cravens wrote:
> That's not why I'm posting, though. What I'm wondering
> is, when you're reading stuff, do you (or would you like
> to, if your email software doesn't support
> filters/folders) read groups in pure arrival order, or do
> you read all of one subtopic/topic/subgroup, then move
> on to the next?
Karen, I often have several subgroups moving around
independently in the Akus game. I haven't been using the
subtopics features of the listmanager, instead I just use a
tag in the subject line. The big reason I don't use the
subtopic feature is that the groupings of the PC's are very
fluid and the subtopics seem (to me at least) to be very static.
With email...
When I'm GM, I try to read an entire thread before writing a
"this is what happened, and this is what happens next" post.
OTOH, when I'm playing, I tend to take the posts in a thread
as a continuing interaction and I end up going through each
post in a thread one by one reading, if my character needs
to respond, responding, then moving to the next.
On a web board...
I have no experience playing/GMing on one, but I much, much,
prefer to have "thread views" available (if not the default)
when I'm reading one. I scan through the topics, find those
that interest me, and drill down that particular topic from
first to last...and I like it when you can follow the
branches off of the original thread, then automatically
bounce back to the point where you branched off.
Eris
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