It's somewhat ironic that Discourse would solve this issue. As I previously mentioned, I also don't like having my inbox flooded with forum threads that don't interest me. The mailing list solution requires you setup filters or continuously delete dozens of emails. Discourse however allows you to select what you want to read without needing to clean up afterwards. As I also pointed out RSS would make HyperKitty a somewhat acceptable alternative - or as Kevin K. pointed out, you could also use NNTP. I personally would rather not, but maybe that would fit your use case until a good solution could be implemented.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 4:42 AM Markus Larsson <qrsbrwn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 28 August 2019 13:34:54 CEST, "Dan Čermák" <dan.cermak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Danni,
>
>Danny Lee <dreamer@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm new to the devel list and fedora in general, but i was wondering
>if
>> these kind of back and forths between a few people is a frequent
>> occurrence. I came to Fedora to volunteer what little spare time I
>have
>> to help the Fedora project in some little ways. I don't feel that
>should
>> include wading through dozens of emailed back and forths between
>> individuals who seem to have strong, immovable opinions, I just don't
>
>> have time for that.
>
>Welcome to the club of all the "silent" contributors!
>
>Usually I try to follow discussions if they appear relevant or
>interesting to me, but once they "tip over", I mark that thread as
>deleted and mercilessly nuke everything new that comes in.
>Yeah, I might miss some important information, but it's unlikely tbh
>once you are 20 replies deep into a thread.
>On the other hand: I don't want to spend all my free time reading
>emails.
>
>So, if you don't care about a specific topic: just ignore & delete it.
This is how I think most do it. Just read the interesting parts.
>
>
>Btw, this list is imho still pretty moderate, only the occasional
>controversy causes a huge thread of replies (and people manage to stay
>civilized and tend to bring in new arguments). There's other lists
>(unnamed to protect the guilty) where the signal to noise ratio is
>much,
>much worse.
The discourse debate and the fw debate are not the norm but the exception. We see a few of those from time to time. Most threads aren't like that though.
>
>>
>> Is there any chance there is a moderated list or discussion group
>about
>> current project tasks and issues rather than debates about how to do
>> things? Or perhaps, a way to turn off certain threads or block
>certain
>> posters?
>>
>> Thanks for your time and info you can provide.
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