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You raise two issues, 1) avoiding bad participants, and 2) pursuing long discussions. Any forum with open membership will eventually attract people who can't/w
by wrp 4y ago
You raise two issues, 1) avoiding bad participants, and 2) pursuing long discussions.
Any forum with open membership will eventually attract people who can't/won't handle nuanced conversation. The only way to completely be safe is with a moderated mailing list.
For long conversations, look for moderated, special interest forums. I think HN is as good as a general purpose forum can be, with its heavy moderation and fairly restricted audience.
- manuelmoreale 4y agoDo you happen to know good mailing lists worth joining?
- wrp 4y agoMailing lists are usually attached to a particular project or department, so are very narrow in focus. To find a good list, search out the people you want to be conversing with and see where they interact. Some examples: Unix Heritage Society mailing list (https://www.tuhs.org/ https://www.tuhs.org/) PHILOSOP Mailing List (https://lists.louisiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/philosop https://lists.louisiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/philosop) Listing of linguistics lists: (https://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo https://listserv.linguistlist.org/mailman/listinfo)