----- Original Message -----
From: Cat S <[email protected]>
> In this case I think the "grandma test" is in order. That is, can a
> grandmother
> easily use the tor-talk mailing-list to get help with Tor?
Both my parents are grandparents and would qualify as technologically inept.
These are people who have called for help connecting to the net only to
discover that, in order for that to happen, they needed to have their DSL modem
powered on. ;) Both have subscribed to lists for personal interests over the
years. In the 90s, I'd be more sympathetic to the Grandma Test. But, with
today's incarnation of the net, which is entirely point and click driven for
common users, it's not an issue. If someone figured out how to sign up to
Facebook, they can figure out how to sign up to an e-mail list.
> I know there's (at least) to groups of users: techies who like mailing-lists
> and
> newbs that don't. I see no reason why techies cannot stay with mailing-lists
> while newbs can use the forum, where at least I would be there to help them.
I've just yet to see a very elegant way to merge them. The closest I've seen
is Sympa. Perhaps take a look at that? It's a mailing list service where the
archives can be used and accessed like a forum. http://www.sympa.org/
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