I would also prefer a solution like Discourse or similar as this seems to work very good for elixirforum.com. Anyway, if the focus should be moved to /r/elm, I would suggest we change the elm-discuss group heading to include a link to /r/elm with some description.
fredag 6. januar 2017 00.18.28 UTC+1 skrev Joey Eremondi følgende: > > My main hesitation about reddit is that, even on the best-case subs like > /r/rust, newcomer posts tends to get downvoted or ignored. > > Here, if a newcomer posts a basic question, many people will ignore them, > but the poster doesn't know that. Someone will post a solution, or a link > to one, and they will be on their way. On /r/elm, they see their post > sitting at 1,0 or -1 votes, and and up feeling like newcomer questions > aren't welcome, and are more likely to try to find a tool with a more > friendly community. > > My vote would be for Discourse or something similar. I think being able to > sticky posts would remove a lot of the redundant messages we see on this > list, and being able to sort by subject would make it easier for people to > see what they're most interested in. > > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:14 PM, 'Rupert Smith' via Elm Discuss < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 7:00:34 PM UTC, Martin DeMello wrote: >>> >>> I'm a heavy reddit user, and I think it simply lacks the features >>> necessary to support mailing-list-style discussions: >>> >> >> You can't quote when replying. >> >> I like newsgroups so much better then /r/elm. I like the old fashioned >> feel of them, the anarchic style, the freedom to be conversational or >> express myself however I like within the confines of ASCII. There is still >> something of the old attitude of usenet alive in them that just seems to be >> lacking on the alternatives. I take great pride in quoting carefully, >> replying to multiple questions with responses in-line underneath, not top >> posting and so on. In other words newsgroups or mailing lists take bit of >> work and manners to operate successfully and that all contributes to making >> a community. >> >> A few thoughts for you: >> >> Having a split community might actually be a good thing. For one, there >> are enough people interested that >1 splinter of this community is alive >> concurrently. That in itself is an achievement because something needs to >> reach a certain size for that to happen. Also it makes the community as a >> whole more resilient - if one splinter dies out, others may carry on. >> >> Removing duplication is a good thing for code - but for community growth >> and engagement, perhaps it isn't. >> >> So I'm just going to keep on posting here, because it is the best place >> for me and I've had plenty interesting and helpful responses. >> >> Also, what about this: >> >> http://elm-news.com/ >> >> Perfect for keeping up-to-date with multiple channels. All it needs is >> user accounts or to use local storage so it can keep track of what you have >> read or not. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
