On Du, 12 apr 20, 16:23:52, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 07:57:22AM -0600, Keith Christian wrote: > > Is there a general "war on mailing lists" going on? > > I'd say there always has been a "war on mail". Starting with Outlook > which brought upon us the plague of top-quoting (hey, you top-quoted, > too :-) > > On a more serious note: I'd not call it a war. It's a mix. On the one > hand there is a more browser-centric culture, which doesn't understand > what an asset it is to have diverse end-user agents -- and would like > to get rid of the friction that (naturally!) entails. I don't believe the browser-centric culture cares about that at all[1], they are just much more familiar with other interfaces (point-and-click, tap/swipe). > On the other hand there are the silos, which like to have more end > user control, which you can't have as much if everyone gets to > see their content the way they like. I seriously doubt developers care about that. As far as I can tell most of them are trying to provide just enough[2] customization options without overwhelming less technical users. As far as I can tell for Debian the main drivers are: 1. The hope that software like Discourse can improve the quality of discussion as well as signal-to-noise ration, e.g. by providing an alternative to "+1" messages. 2. Providing communication options that are preferred by the younger generation, and that's just the natural course of life. [1] except maybe developers who get to fight with different implementations of standards [2] what "just enough" means depends, of course, on the user community. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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