[swift-evolution] [Discussion] mailing list alternative

[Xiaodi Wu]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

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> On Jan 25, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Charles Srstka via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> On Jan 25, 2017, at 2:05 PM, Ted Kremenek via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> I’d like to understand more the subjective comments on this thread, such
> as "may intimidate newcomers”.  This feels very subjective, and while I am
> not disagreeing with that statement I don’t fully understand its
> justification.  Signing up for mailing lists is fairly straightforward, and
> one isn’t obligated to respond to threads.  Are forums really any less
> “intimating”? If so, why is that the case?  Is this simply a statement
> about mailing lists not being in vogue?
>
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> Signing up for mailing lists is straightforward, yes—but that’s only a
> small part of it. Signing up for a mailing list is a *commitment.* Once you
> do it, your inbox will be inundated with mailing list posts, making it
> difficult to find messages that actually have been intended for you
> personally. Therefore, you’ll have to deal with that somehow. You can set
> up rules in Mail to route mailing list posts to a separate folder, but that
> won’t help you if you access your webmail from a public machine.
>
>
> FWIW, I subscribe to many mailing lists in gmail and have it auto filter
> emails to mailing lists into a separate mailbox (well, really, tags) for
> each list.  It works great for me.
>
> This doesn’t detract from your point about it being a commitment though.
>

It does kind of imply a follow-up question, though: is it _undesirable_
that signing up for a mailing list is a modicum of commitment?

-Chris
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