On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:38 AM nug get <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear community, > As a suggestion from my side, how about replacing this mailing group by a > forum? > > pros: > - potentially build a structured knowledge base that is helpful > - user-generated how-to-content > - control notifications > - not spamming everyone with your new topic that might be interesting only > to few people > > cons: > -effort to set it up > - ...? > > @Martin, in case you don't want to do the effort, would you allow me to > set up the "official beancount forum"? should we discuss this further? > Adding to the cons:- - one additional venue for Martin in particular (and perhaps others) to check, wasting time - Additional internet ID/password combination, increasing threat surface - decreased visibility of any particular topic since forums are by nature segregated This isn't to vote against the proposal, just putting more context. I believe forums should NOT involve the dev (especially the dev's time), as I've seen how much of a time-suck they can be. A wiki would have most of the pros you list, btw, without requiring dev time investment. -- 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/CAGQ70et_RD%2BsFHDnh4kkvHQLzPmuHGVHwAzYF2qh1vOhm5MsNg%40mail.gmail.com.
