Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

On Friday, 20 September 2019 5:03:10 PM AEST David Wales wrote: > If the number of talk-au emails reaches overwhelming levels, it might be > necessary to investigate other solutions. However, I don't think we have > reached that point yet. In that case, a digest option is good. I get a list of pos

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

Hello, I think it is important to be precise in the language we use. Therefore I'd like to point out that this is a mailing list and not a forum. If you find the UI poor then this likely due to the way you use the mailing list. Browsing the archives on the list website is not how I participate

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

Please allow me to share some experiences of moving to another platform we had in our community. In Belgium we moved from the mailing list to Matrix/Riot . Most active participants in the community made the move, but in the process we lost some people Matrix/Riot is good for short questions, but i

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

Thanks for bringing this up Herbert. *Similar sentiments* This has actually been bothering me the last few weeks as I started to realise how much of my day is spent reading through talklists that do not have relevance to me or that I do not have time to respond to. For those of us subscribed to mu

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

I am a member of some international OSM Slack channels. However, because it requires a whole different app (which I only have space for on my computer), I only check it monthly at best. On the other hand, I read every talk-au message within a few days of original posting, because they all arriv

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

Hi, On 9/20/19 03:14, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au wrote: > I will post several concerns and information on several issues, but the > first is this platform itself. You call this platform a "forum" which is ok in the abstract sense, but note that there is actually an Australia forum in addition to t

Re: [talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

On 20/09/19 11:14, Herbert.Remi via Talk-au wrote: I will post several concerns and information on several issues, but the first is this platform itself. There are few problems with the AU forum that leaves that impression that is it not scalable. There should be a sub-category for every

[talk-au] topic A: the platform itself

I will post several concerns and information on several issues, but the first is this platform itself. There are few problems with the AU forum that leaves that impression that is it not scalable. - The UX is archaic. People have got used to user-friendly apps for their smartphone. The AU foru