* On 2020 13 Apr 03:10 -0500, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Well, Russ Allbery is one of the most intelligent and even-headed > folks out there. Agreed. I doubt that Russ reads this list and may not be aware of the experiences of us that have dealt with a project that wholesale replaced working mailing lists with Discourse. Russ should be made aware that Discourse is not some magic software that does not require any learning. On the contrary, it is different and requires a modern Web browser (how does the non-GUI user participate since it is noted that an email user is a distant second-class user?) but as he notes it is a centralized database that facilitates an amount of control that is lacking with email lists. I think that the key to the discussion is that some people seek greater control over discussions. If the project wants to implement Discourse as an adjunct to existing communications channels, fine, I've no problem with that. If, however, the goal is arbitrary and wholesale replacement of all lists with the jumbled mess that is my experience of Discourse, then I object. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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