Why 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

Why 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.