On Thursday, August 2, 2018 9:01:28 AM CDT, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 02/08/18 09:01 AM, simonizor wrote:
Having to subscribe to a mailing list and use an email client to interact with a group is pretty offputting for quite a few people.
That is what logicians and philosophers term "proof by assertion". Actually 'proof by repeated assertion' As in 'if you repeat a lie often enough people come to believe it'. It is commonly used by politicians who rely on people not doing fact checking. https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/49/Argument...
Firstly ANY kind of discussion list of any non-triviality for developers like this one is going to be restricted and require registration. Some are more restrictive than this: you have to show 'credentials'. And yes I'm on a few "professional" lists like that. No-one objects to that restriction.
A list like this naturally demands a similar threshold.
An email client is about the simplest user interface going. As you pointed out, they have been around since the last century. heck, email is getting on for 50 years now. Handling email is on par with driving a car in familiarity.
As for 'pretty off-putting' interactions, well that's a social aspect, not a technological aspect.
It's very intimidating to try and enter this sort of discussion as it feels much different than what people, for the most part, are used to.
This discussion is intimidating to some? Well that's a social aspect not a technological aspect and is not justification for a web or other UI than a mail UI. Another list I'm on went well until a braggart chose to join for 'self promotion'. Never mind the AUP, he was a braggart and offensives and was soon banned. I say went well' even tough voices were raised over many matters, but it never went personal and anyone using logical fallacies the way you have been doing had the8r arguments eviscerated. The list 'felt' different at different times. So what?
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