I'd still not recommend reddit, it has no mailing list support. Here or Discourse both act well as a forum (though discourse more so) and as a mailing list both, so either works.
On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 12:34:47 AM UTC-7, Håkon Rossebø wrote: > > 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]> 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]. >>> 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.
