> And if we are to choose one medium -- repeating points made on reddit As far as I know it is not allowed to use voting like this on Reddit
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Kosyrev Serge <skosy...@ptsecurity.com> wrote: > Gershom B writes: > >> I might understand the concern about archiving, but haskell-cafe > >> solves that. And "the committee can't be expected to follow > >> discussions" and "is empowered to act" does sound like "the committee > >> can't be expected to listen to the community”. > > Technical issues ought to be decided on their technical substance, > not through popularity contests, aren't they? > > > It means that committee members should be expected to chase all over > > social media and sort through lots of poor signal/noise ratio to find > > potentially relevant discussions at all times. Rather, it is better to > > centralize these things to the extent possible.That’s all. > > Requiring the committee to maintain quality discussion across a spectrum of > $RANDOM_MEDIA_OF_THE_DAY sounds like punishment to me, indeed. > > And if we are to choose one medium -- repeating points made on reddit: > > > There is a number of reasons to prefer mailing lists to the more > > ephemeral mediums. Those immediately coming to mind are: > > > > - slower pacing positively affects elaboration of thought > > - real names nudge towards responsibility > > - well-tuned tools to deal with long, complex conversations > > - a non-ephemeral paper-trail that can be dealt with at one's own pace > > - absence of distracting noise like "thumbs up" buttons > > -- > с уважениeм / respectfully / Z poważaniem, > Косырев Сергей > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-community mailing list > Haskell-community@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community >
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