| Michael Leone on 15 Sep 2016 09:39:58 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Replacement mailing list idea |
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Rich Mingin (PLUG) <plug@frags.us> wrote: > While I appreciate the sentiment, that's uphill against massive amounts of > established software and user training, as my reply is showing. Like > Betamax, the superior method is losing, top posting has won. It won before this century started ... > > > On Sep 15, 2016 11:35, "Christopher Barry" <christopher.r.barry@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:26:29 -0400 >> Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote: >> >> >On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Michael Toren <mct@toren.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> Solved :-) No changes needed. >> >> >> > >> >So, uh, along these lines, what do people think of going along a route >> >like Discourse? :) >> > >> >Or is it basically a done decision that we're sticking with a >> >traditional mailing list and the only important consideration is where >> >to host it? >> > >> >-- >> >Rich >> >> -<some_large_number> for any web-based forum thing. >> >> How about enforced normal bottom posting on mailman, and severe shaming >> with extreme and relentless prejudice of top-posters, so reading >> (minimally snipped) threads makes chronological sense? >> >> This /is/ a Linux list after all, right? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Christopher >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >> http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug