Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:17:40 +0000 From: void <void@f-m.fm> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNOME discussions Message-ID: <74cd46ec-0149-486d-8df1-37859b3b5453@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bb8097f1bc0de737ea90412c90ee12421e7d8592.camel@riseup.net> References: <c9a4ee2d3a9cb81d6131854027e4860e@ltcddata.plus.com> <15e8931aefdad251e9410889360925826b690d8a.camel@riseup.net> <b49e74b6-778b-f970-1e8e-2ad66e92f9a0@freebsd.org> <f273926c4e3b5c47f1cf46f4b8206346606afce0.camel@riseup.net> <3507971d-e9fc-0531-5a63-f22f13854476@freebsd.org> <bb8097f1bc0de737ea90412c90ee12421e7d8592.camel@riseup.net>
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On Sun, 30 Oct 2022, at 16:03, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2022-10-30 at 15:30 +0000, Graham Perrin wrote: >> Why not use the web interface? > > 1. For countless reasons I'm in favour of mailing lists. > > 2. Even while I'm in favour of mailing lists, I'm not per se against > forums, but I can't stand gamification overdosed forums. GNOME's > Discourse is such a gamification overdosed forum. > > 3. I subscribed to a GNOME mailing list related to MUA. IMO it makes > sense for a MUA community to prefer a mailing list over a forum. +1 for email. Discord and forums have their place for discussions but email is the true democracy because it's accessible to all on every platform and one does not require a constant online connection to use it. If the forums die then all the knowledge there goes with it. It's a central point of failure. Email succeeds because in many respects it's distributed.
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