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> Email is a highly manual medium and degrades rapidly unless people use it well. I'd argue that is a bad technology, at least for a general-use tool. I admit
by Miraste 5y ago
> Email is a highly manual medium and degrades rapidly unless people use it well.
I'd argue that is a bad technology, at least for a general-use tool. I admit that I don't use mailing lists but I don't see how they have any advantages over a well-implemented forum. Trying to run a project over email and building an archival service to cope with it seems like a reversal of priorities.
- mch82 5y agoI don’t have a strong point of view yet. Linux [1] and Mediawiki [2] are two communities finding success with email lists. In those examples, the list archives can be read like a forum. Replies must be sent by email. It seems like the archive browser could benefit from a UX upgrade. [1]: http://vger.kernel.org/ http://vger.kernel.org/ [2]: https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_lists https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_lists