On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Matthew Burgess < [email protected]> wrote:
> That said, if other folks want to explore other options that fit their > needs better, > Okay, I'll actually throw in my two cents this time: Web-based forums seem to be really popular with people who have trouble with the whole concept of managing mailing list subscriptions, or who are just too impatient for subscribing and then unsubscribing from lists, and those people aren't exactly the target audience of LFS. Having formatting and smilies that won't get messed up across different email clients seems to be another attraction, but this crowd seems to consider that to actually be a negative. The only real advantage for LFS that I can think of would be the ability to participate without publicly sharing your email address. I would suggest that the class of people who want to do that would probably be better served by IRC, anyway. Besides, LFS users really should know how to create a throw-away email account if it comes down to that. FWIW, in the FOSS projects I've seen that provide both a mailing list and a web forum, the forum tends to get used by the "non-technical" users, and the mailing list gets used by the developers and the occasional power user. I think that speaks volumes about which is more appropriate for a project with the words "from scratch" in its name. :-) William Tracy [email protected] Cell phone: (805) 704-0917 Internet phone: (707) 206-6441
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