* Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> [06-23-22 15:54]:
Per Jessen composed on 2022-06-23 20:40 (UTC+0200):
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
As a codger, I much prefer mailing lists. They're "push" technology in contrast to forums being "pull". For me, forums are something that takes affirmative action to access and search, while email is just pushed in front of me.
As another codger, +1.
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I would take elimination of the mailing lists as a very bad sign indeed. IMHO communities are held together with a common communication channel: email.
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Both Richard and Gertjan were making poor jokes.
Not evident to me.:( Are you sure?
definitely in very poor taste.
However, we have in fact long had a major issue with the forums. They have been running on ancient payware for years, and we are unable to find anyone who is willing to support them. We _do_ currently have some ongoing effort for a migration, but in the same tongue-in-cheek style, our forums should have been killed off years ago.
The forum basics don't seem to be broken to me, other than occasional apparent temporary glitches on the servers.
I have never been able to understand why one would prefer the forums for nealy anything. but again, I have some age. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc