Il giorno mar 16 ott 2018 alle 20:58, stan
<stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:51:33 -0700
"Gerald B. Cox" <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah, based upon the trial and previous comments I knew it was being
considered. The point
of my thread was that many people probably haven't taken the time to
checkout the Fedora Discourse
website or read the Foreman analysis that Matt provided. They
should.
Did this. I didn't like all the clicking; I prefer shortcut keys.
From what I can see on the web, Discourse is trying to mimic social
platforms so users familiar with them find it easy to use. Also seems
targeted to mobiles. That *could* be beneficial for getting new blood
into Fedora, as most younger people who show interest are going to be
in the intersection of those two factors.
I don't see it this way.
I'm attracted by Discourse as I'm attracted by stackoverflow or similar
platforms. There are obvious reasons why these platforms work better
than the old mailing lists and people using these tools is growing.
I'm not young (getting close to the fourties) and I don't use social,
but I'm definitely in the target.
I've seen this same discussion in another (smaller) open source project
I contribute to for some years. Basically the contrast is between "old
school people" who are attached to their old habits (sometimes for a
very good reason! I love and appreciate old school people) and people
who are curious about new tools they think could improve their and
others' experience.
The difference between using Discourse and mailing lists is night
and
day.
But which is night and which is day? :-) Seriously, this is a value
judgement, which is true for *you*, but not necessarily for others.
Are you similar to the people who are being targeted by this change?
Yes? That's evidence it might work.
Of course it's subjective. But we don't know how many people in this
community would be in favour of this or that.
The success of Stackoverflow makes me think though...
As far as larger lists... check out this link:
https://meta.discourse.org/t/biggest-busiest-discourse-forums/30674
I don't think any of the Fedora lists I'm subscribed to are high
traffic, even this one, so that isn't really relevant. I suppose it
does show there is room for growth.
Perhaps each single list is not high traffic, but if you are subscribed
to 3 or 4 Fedora lists (as I am) then you get a lot of traffic. My
Fedora folder is the busiest folder in my email client. Sometimes I
unsubscribe to some lists, then subscribe again... Discourse would be
my "day" (see above) :D
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