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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Chris Egeland <[email protected]>wrote: > Forums were discussed a couple of years ago in the beginning. The > opposition to them was that people would have to register in order to use > them, and then it's another web app that we have to maintain, apply > security patches to, and everyone else would have to remember credentials > for. Personally, I don't think the community (members, friends of the > space, people interested in us, etc) is large enough to justify running > something like vBulletin, SMF or phpBB. > > Reddit is kinda already implemented (we have a SYN/HAK subreddit), but I > think only a handful of us actually use the site. The subreddit has > something like six posts in 8 months. > > More mailing lists appeals to me because it makes it possible for people > to subscribe to channels of discussion that are relevant to them. For > example, if we were to start making mailing lists that are specific to > individual projects (for example, the Power Racing Series cars), someone > who is uninterested in the project could browse the pipermail archives if > they wanted to see what was going on with the project. If they were then > interested in the project, they could join the list and become active that > way. > > Sure, it's nice to have one big massive list that everyone subscribes to, > but eventually you start to get the people that are overwhelmed with the > amount of email they are receiving. > > Chris > > > On 11/13/2013 4:20 PM, Ben Lippincott wrote: > > We could make a private subreddit > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Justin Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Seems like a different medium might work better. I fear that different >> people will have different opinions about what is off-topic. >> Maybe instead.... >> Fourm >> Reddit >> etc. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Ben Lippincott < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wooot! Let's do it! >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Bethany Munyan >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I was thinking the same thing. I like the idea of having an 'off-topic' >>>> mailing list. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Chris Egeland >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey hackers! >>>>> >>>>> I've been watching the mailing lists very closely for some time now, >>>>> and have noticed a general uptrend in the volume of email sent to the >>>>> discuss list. Sometimes we get offtopic and go off on tangents about >>>>> toast, or other topics which are fun to talk about, but are ultimately >>>>> irrelevant to the space itself. Usually, this isn't a problem, but for >>>>> someone who is interested in the space, but not the minutiae of every >>>>> little bit of day-to-day operations, it can quickly turn into an >>>>> overwhelming amount of email. >>>>> >>>>> Today, I'm asking for input on how we should proceed with the mailing >>>>> lists. As you may know, we currently have 5 lists, two of which are >>>>> public, one semipublic, and two private. [email protected] and >>>>> [email protected] are the two that everyone knows about. Members >>>>> may know that they are automatically subscribed to [email protected]. >>>>> Board members are subscribed to [email protected] and us sysadmin >>>>> folk are members of [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> My recommendation is to create an "offtopic" list, which would have >>>>> very very lax rules on what can be posted. Anything you want to chat >>>>> about. Want to debate why the RubberDucks is a terrible team name and the >>>>> Aeros was WAY better? Sure, no problem. Got a pothole on Market street >>>>> that irks you every day? Have at it. Joke threads? Toast? No problem. >>>>> The other side to this idea is that the discuss list would have some >>>>> basic >>>>> rules imposed that mean that any topics to the discuss list would be >>>>> required to be relevant to the space itself. Projects occurring at the >>>>> space would be relevant topics, open hours discussion, meeting minutes, >>>>> etc. >>>>> >>>>> So, let me know what you guys think. I'm not officially proposing >>>>> this, but we may chat about it at the next meeting as a discussion topic, >>>>> because it would fundamentally mean we change how the mailing lists are >>>>> organized and structured. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Discuss mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks! >>> Ben Lippincott >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Thanks! > Ben Lippincott > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Thanks! Ben Lippincott
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