[pct-l] Format of the PCT-L ?

[AsABat]

In 2008 we had this discussion and a yahoo group was created by someone who  
thought it would be good to have only short useful posts while on the trail.  
Only 17 posts were made, 4 by me. Yet the pct-l continued pushing out lots  
of info. Check it out at groups.yahoo.com/group/pct08ti. The ti stands for  
trail info.

I agree short messages are good on the trail. That's why I keep the water  
report simple. But I notice this new phone is almost 2MB as I send this  
reply. 

-----Original message-----
From: John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 08:08:57 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Format of the PCT-L?

I think it is vastly important to remember that some of those who use this
list are on-trail and thus are dealing with slow internet connections (when
we even have them) so considering the additional load-time of email verses
websites, why in the world world we want to go to something that involves
having to download hundreds of more kilobyte worth of data (a website) than
what email is. People are already complaining about the length of posts (for
whatever there reason, not going to get into that) but on the trail, when
every kilobyte counts, downloading 10 emails of very short messages results
in a much greater download usage (because of email header meta data) than 3
longer emails. Not everybody on the list is probably sitting at home with a
10 meg connection, and not everybody on the trail is sitting in a library or
sucking wifi from somewhere. So, at the end of the day, email is the best
medium for dispersal of great amounts of data, such as what is shared on
this email list.


On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Alexey Vronsky
<alexey.vronsky at gmail.com>wrote:

> Just for an example, I have quickly created a community on reddit at
> http://www.reddit.com/r/pct/. (Will turn over moderator position if people
> like this)
>
> I posted two sample posts and a few replies. For the lurkers out there,  
you
> do not need to do anything to browse. In order to post, you need to create
> a
> user name. You can add additional privacy settings to the pct page if you
> do
> not want it to be viewed publicly, but I see no reason to do that. I
> personally would like to be able to quickly check in on the PCT-L while on
> the go.
>
> There are voting arrows adjacent to the post title. If the post hits on
> something of great interest or relevance to the group, it is gradually
> voted
> to the top. The more popular a post, the easier it will be for people to
> see. Thought the PCTL is a pretty small group so I don't imagine anything
> going unnoticed.
>
> On reddit there is also a whole community at
> http://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking/ or
> http://www.reddit.com/r/hiking/ you
> should look at.
>
> It is all very intuitive. Hope this clarifies.
>
> --Alexey
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