[swift-evolution] [Discussion] mailing list alternative

[Muse M]

One feature is I need the ability to bookmark where I stop reading
during the journey or trip.

A few contributors keep replying with quoted message ate up my mobile data
usage significantly especially this thread is getting a long discussion is
hard to read on a small screen and I don't use email clients on iPhone.

Forum is useful when we need share photos and video.


On Friday, February 3, 2017, Muse M <james.lei65 at gmail.com> wrote:

> One feature is I need the ability to bookmark where I stop reading
> during the journey or trip.
>
> A few contributors keep replying with quoted message ate up my mobile data
> usage significantly especially this thread is getting a long discussion is
> hard to read on a small screen and I don't use email clients on iPhone.
>
> Forum is useful when we need share photos and video.
>
> On Friday, February 3, 2017, Tino Heth via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','swift-evolution at swift.org');>> wrote:
>
>>
>> In a mailing list format, everyone is free to start a new thread.
>>
>> Would a forum have a privilege system that stops newbies from starting
>> threads? I've seen no one proposing that.
>>
>>
>> Whether you invented the language or started learning it yesterday, if
>> you have a new idea, it comes into everyone's inbox in exactly the same
>> way. No one's user name has extra flares or trophies or whatever reminding
>> you of their status.
>>
>>
>> Imho that's just wrong, and this message somewhat proves my point:
>> There are several users with a "@apple.com" trophy, and I guess most
>> people who spend a significant amount of time on swift-evolution also have
>> developed a preference not only for topics, but also for authors (saving
>> matching posts from being ignored).
>>
>> The ability to "like" posts would be a remarkable help for newbies to
>> gather attention for their ideas — not because of the status of the author,
>> but because of the quality of their contribution.
>>
>
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