> I’m not sure I’d agree with that. People tend to quote when replying to
> mail, even if just one line, to provide context. That’s a lot less true of
> the forums, especially if you’re responding to a one line question or comment
> on the message right above yours. Since the forum emails only quote the new
> message, there is much less context in any given message. Part of why I like
> email lists is that they may be old school, but people that use them well
> make sure there is very very little state in the conversation. That’s the
> exact opposite with forum posts.
Couldn't agree more. I am a teenager who has to go to school and
attend classes regularly, and some of the days I am very, very busy.
The natural quoting style ubiquitous in emails means that I can
quickly scan through the message without missing much context. At the
end of the day I need to be productive.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:15 PM Jay Kreibich wrote:
>
>
> > On Mar 13, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Richard Hipp wrote:
> >
> > On 3/13/20, Huỳnh Trần Khanh wrote:
> >> [On a mailing nlist] I can
> >> filter the posts, sort them, search through them, archive them,
> >> forward them to a friend,
> >
> > You can do all of that with the SQLite Forum. Remember, all content
> > is still delivered directly to your in-box, just like with a mailing
> > list,
>
> I’m not sure I’d agree with that. People tend to quote when replying to
> mail, even if just one line, to provide context. That’s a lot less true of
> the forums, especially if you’re responding to a one line question or comment
> on the message right above yours. Since the forum emails only quote the new
> message, there is much less context in any given message. Part of why I like
> email lists is that they may be old school, but people that use them well
> make sure there is very very little state in the conversation. That’s the
> exact opposite with forum posts.
>
> I’m not saying the forum isn’t better for the team, simply that they’re not
> equal. And at the end of the day, forums must be engaged in actively (I need
> to go visit it), while email is passive (it comes to me in a media I scan
> regularly). For someone that is largely a lurker these days, it was easy to
> just watch messages go by and jump in if needed, having most of the context
> of the conversation. With a forum, the email notifications are much less
> useful (and less likely to trigger the “Oh, I know that..” response), and I’m
> never going to go visit the forum just to see what’s up.
>
> This might be better for the community, but it largely means I’m out of the
> community. I’m not sure that’s a particular loss for me, or the community,
> as I’ve not been very active for a decade or so.
>
> -j
>
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