On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Kirk Gray wrote:
First, the assumption is that redundancy is a Bad Thing. Having
two or more places to find information, in my opinion, is never a
Bad Thing.
I think having the widest audience good:
When someone wants to post a question: Do they subscribe to several
lists then cross post to all of these lists?
If someone is interested in helping users by answering questions, do
they track down every Rb mailing list, subscribe, then get inundated
with redundant posts?
No, that's not going to happen en mass, just as there are very few of
us who use the forums and the mailing list. The net result will be
smaller, disconnected communities where questions and question-
answerers never meet up; rather than the community being strong &
centralized (which I think the current mailing list is).
I think fragmentation and redundancy can be a bad thing in this case.
That's why I give RS kudos for trying to eliminate it by
consolidation, even though I think they're going about it all wrong.
Likewise, I don't think the community is helping matters: How many
new lists have already sprouted up in the past couple of days? When
these lists accumulate some content, then disappear, where are they
archived? And consider this: any third-party list is not going to get
RS's support -- they're going to try and drive both new and existing
customers to the forums.
Multiple independent lists and lack of RS endorsement doesn't sound
like a winning strategy to me.
John
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