On 19.01.24 10:32, Adam Nielsen wrote:
Interesting, it looks like the archive hasn't been fully indexed.
Point taken. However I will also point out that most forum software
I've used has an awful search as well (usually I resort to Google) so
I'm not sure whether Discourse is any better.
Discourse provides sitemap.xml and it is full of search engine
optimisations. The integrated search is definitely at least as good as a
non-fuzzy full-text search on a mail archive.
A forum also makes it possible for someone to continue a thread from x
years ago with new related questions or information. Something that is
really hard to do on a mailing list from what I know.
Most forums frown on "necro-posting" like that because it's often
misused and reopens a completed discussion with something barely
related (and forces everyone to re-read a bunch of long forgotten posts
to get the context), so I'm not so sure that's a positive.
I never understood forums with blanket rules based on the age of
previous posts. Keeping related information and discussion together is a
good thing in my experience. I mean actual on-topic posts, not people
posting only slightly related things or jumping into old, solved
problem-solving threads with changed scenarios.
The good thing is that no one is forced to read previous posts but in a
forum they easily can do so and continue.
Cheers, Hannes
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