[Python-ideas] Clearer communication

[Abe Dillon]

[Chris Angelico]

> With emails, you get your choice of tools. With web forum systems, you
> get the forum host's choice of tools.


There are many 3rd party tools for interacting with Reddit.
It's all just data behind an API. There's no reason you couldn't have a
choice of tools for a forum system.
The biggest difference I see is that email APIs are more standardized.
Maybe we should push for an open standard for forum-style communication.


On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 5:03 PM Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM Abe Dillon <abedillon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [Steven D'Aprano]
> >>
> >> The bottom line is that email can be sorted, filtered, shuffled, sliced
> >> and diced in an almost infinite number of ways. If your email client
> >> isn't good enough, blame the tool, not the technology.
> >
> >
> > There's no reason a forum system couldn't accommodate sorting,
> filtering, shuffling, slicing and dicing.
> > It seems the only problem is the lack of tools.
>
> With emails, you get your choice of tools. With web forum systems, you
> get the forum host's choice of tools.
>
> ChrisA
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