Mailing-Lists (pointer)

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 09:37, dn <PythonList at danceswithmice.info> wrote:
>
> On 10/01/2023 08.46, Stefan Ram wrote:
> >    If anyone is interested: In "comp.misc", there's a discussion
> >    about the use of mailing lists in software development.
> >    Subject: An objective criteria for deprecating community platforms
> >    (I did not create this subject!)
>
> (and I don't read comp.misc)
>
>
> There is an increasingly relevant question though: how do we 'reach' as
> many people as possible, without diluting the (community) value of
> responses?
>
> At one time, if you wanted to talk/hear certain folk you felt compelled
> to join Twitter (see also AOL, MySpace, Facebook, ...). Recently many
> more people have realised that a single, centralised, (and
> corporately-owned) 'service' has its down-sides.
>

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1810/

ChrisA