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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Ben Lippincott <[email protected]>wrote: > WHAT?! WHY WAS I NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS? aaaaaaa reddit i love you > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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