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Is anyone else horribly sad that this kind of content and discussion is ending up on the internet instead of written down in books? But seriously mailing lists
by Igglyboo 13y ago
Is anyone else horribly sad that this kind of content and discussion is ending up on the internet instead of written down in books?
But seriously mailing lists are pretty archaic, not saying that g+ is great but it's possible to have solid data redundancy and centralization without living in the past.
- mwcampbell 13y agoWhy do you equate discussions on mailing lists with living in the past? Sure, Google+ is newer, but that doesn't make it better. On the contrary, mailing lists are better in at least two ways: they're decentralized, and they don't require proprietary software.
- taeric 13y agoThat said, the level of "discussion" in that thread is kind of sad. No guarantee it would be better elsewhere, but I at least have tools that help me wade through mailing list traffic. Basically, unthreaded messages for something like this is just obnoxious. And is pretty much the reason you move discussions to tables when you are at a public place and don't just sit having everyone try and shout at each other.
- lomnakkus 13y agoIf mailing lists have survived to this day they must be doing something right. (We'll see if G+ survives into 2020, but that's not really my point.)