I am just a lowly newbie member (not making many contributions to the knowledge base). However, I want to weigh in on this saying I greatly appreciate that this community is more open than the typical "Stack Overflow" model. In particular, I appreciate that one can ask a question here no matter how simple or throw out a wild idea without having the thread closed and being thrown out into the darkness where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth :)
>From what I can tell, Discourse doesn't appear to have the same proclivity for "over-moderation" as the Stack Overflow sites. I haven't used Discourse very much. So, I don't know very much. Still, I wanted to provide this insight on the behalf of the newbies who need a little mercy. -Tim On Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 8:09:20 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Hello community and its leaders who make decisions about the means used > for communication within the community. > > May I draw Discourse <https://www.discourse.org/about> to your attention > as a possible replacement to the current mailing list? > > It is a very sophisticated open source solution that not only replicates > all mailing list features, but also acts as a public forum with lots of > features, from categories/tags to per-topic notification levels, with all > features you can think of from syntax highlighting to reply-by-email. > > Having used it to help setup and run multiple communities over the years, > I am certain that using it helps any community flourish and draws more > attention to the target product around which the community is formed. > > Here is the introductory post that highlights main features: > https://www.discourse.org/about > > This FAQ compares Discourse to mailing lists: > https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-vs-email-mailing-lists/54298 > > If you would like to give it a try, I can help setup an instance of > Discourse at a VPS of your choice. Or you can apply for a free hosting > for Open Source projects <https://free.discourse.group/>. > > Finally, one example of Discourse running as a discussion platform for an > accounting software would be the Manager Forum <https://forum.manager.io/> > . > > After familiarizing myself with Ledger, HLedger, and eventually Beancount, > and after reading your article about the conceptual / phylosophical > difference between Beancount and the others, I fell in love with Beancount > immediately - because of the fundamental principles the author put at the > core of the product. > > Then my attempt to dive into discussions followed, which made me feel a > bit lost and confused as Google-based mailing list lacks some of the great > features that Discourse offers out of the box. Hence my immediate > irresistible will to write this email and let the community leaders > consider the possibility of using Discourse. > > Do you think it is worth the time discussing this? > > Many thanks, > Anton > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/44a45d2b-5163-4c24-9c7a-661286e66596n%40googlegroups.com.
