Vatsim Survey?

[MarkW 1,492]

I got the survey e-mail but am a little confused. I always thought a newsgroup and forum were the same thing. Can you clarify? thanks

[Guest XavierVN]

There is no or almost no control possible with newsgroups, anyone can just post whatever he/she likes, without even be obliged to put a name or valid e-mail, with all the consequences this brings. Forums can be moderated, and access can be controlled. Furthermore, forums are better organised, I find. What I like with newsgroups, is that you can very easily scroll through the messages. This is less the case in forums. Well, one can't have it all...Regards,Xavier

[MarkW 1,492]

Thanks for the clarification, time to go and vote then. My preference, by the way, would be forums, but Vatsim needs a few of them. One for technical issues related to connections, sb, etc. and another for procedure and flying questions. I think it would also help to have only one location for the forum. The Vatsim forum/newsgroup on the vatsim site is very poor in terms of the structure and look.Mark.

[Guest dweese]

Was this survey from Vatsim? or on of the divisons? I don't remember getting one from Vatsim but Vatcan did do one before chirstmas, as they were using a yahoo news group and a lot of ISPs were blocking the messages thinking it was SPAM. So they went to a web forum, its much better.

[Guest Marv]

Yes,This was a notam sent out by Vatsim. If you didn't get it, either your address is different than what's on file, or anti-spam software nailed it.Marv

[Guest dweese]

Most likely the anti-spam software my ISP has on their end.