I have a really low bandwidth these days and the mailing-list is already hitting my attention quota limit regularly. I'm not sure I have time to monitor another stream of communication. Actually, that's not right, I'm pretty sure I don't. You're welcome to start something; if you need my attention, just make sure to ping me via email,
On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 8:09 PM Anton Andriyevskyy <[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/2bc24d9b-b3e6-4aa9-ae77-f1192ce50cdbn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/2bc24d9b-b3e6-4aa9-ae77-f1192ce50cdbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAK21%2BhMR8wQhJ2hLn4EpBxvhGfmwHNEhbUQdHyHfewrXmeLw7g%40mail.gmail.com.
