On 9/13/2011 4:38 AM, Luke Daley wrote:
On 13/09/2011, at 9:14 AM, Jeppe Nejsum Madsen wrote:
Hans Dockter<[email protected]> writes:
[...]
So this forum is planned to be a primary entry point for all kind of things.
We also want it to be deeply integrated with the other tools we are using.
In that respect it is much better for the newbie. But the way we plan to use
it will also make it very useful for the advanced users and hopefully they
stay involved. We will definitely provide the input that makes it
interesting for them to stay.
For me this is an important piece in our effort to improve communication
with the community.
Let me just outline how I currently participate (here and elsewhere).
I follow the mailing lists and glance through the postings, reading a
few interesting posts, but can (I try to convince my self :-) follow
status, any major issues etc. I can do this for 30+ communities in
<30min using the same email program (if there are no large topics etc).
If the only interface is web based, I will not read it on a daily
basis, it's just too slow. I will only go there if I had a problem. This
in turns mean I will not answer any posts that I knew the answer to,
never figure out clever ways to do things etc. because I would never see
it unless I actively googled it.
Juts my 2c....
The new forum has the option of sending email notifications for all new
postings, or all new postings and all new replies.
Here's an example of the email notifications:
https://skitch.com/ldaley/f2t53/new-idea-proposal-dont-show-skipped-tasks-inbox
If you elect to only receive notifications of new topics, for any topic that
interests you you can click the “Notify me when people reply” to subscribe to
that thread.
There are people who like forums and there are people who like mailing
lists. Though, respectfully, telling e-mail preferrers that they can
get notifications is a little like telling forum preferrers that they
already have that since the mailing list has a web-based archive.
It's just too bad there wasn't a way to make both work. While it's a
little kludgy, I've seen it done in other communities with some kind of
bridge.
You will definitely lose people when the mailing list dies. You will
probably gain some folks on the forum (though anyone who couldn't figure
a mailing list out is going to be totally lost in groovy+gradle,
frankly... so good luck with that in the case of "easier to use". ;))
I may try it... but I'm sort of leaning towards not bothering. Which I
know doesn't amount to much. But I have a feeling that's the way every
e-mail preferrer will feel... a little bit like they don't amount to much.
Grumble-grumble, wah, wah, etc. ;)
-Paul
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