Thanks, all, for your comments. This appears to be a non-starter, especially with the Community Center topic taking over much of the discussion at present. I will just add that if we were to use Slack, Google Groups or anything similar, I think it would be easy enough to just leave it open on one's desktop or other device. To be clear: I don't know who "owns" LT, but I greatly appreciate the effort required to run it, troubleshoot, etc. Thank you, LT runner(s)!
On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:22 PM June L Matthews <matth...@mit.edu> wrote: > Hi, Andrew. I agree. I get lots of email from various sources, and it’s > convenient to have LT in there with the rest. If I had to log in somewhere > else, I just might not do it. But I also agree with the person who > complained about the long email threads and the difficulty of figuring out > who was replying to whom and on what topic. But this is an issue mainly > during a (complicated) discussion, such as the ongoing one on the community > center. Although I suppose LT could be improved, I don’t think that it’s > really “broken” so let’s not try to fix it. > > > > June Matthews > > Greenridge Lane > > > > *From:* Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> *On Behalf Of *ANDREW > PANG > *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM > *To:* Jonathan Sheffi <jshe...@gmail.com>; Laura Koller < > laura.kol...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* lincoln@lincolntalk.org > *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman? > > > > If using Google Groups or Groups.io requires having a Google account and > logging in to that, no thanks. As with Slack, that is an extra step, and > an extra place to go to read the LT messages. The beauty of the > email-based list is that it's right in with other daily communication. It > is so basic that it works for all, whereas I suspect any "other 'modern' > group communication platform" may require a subscription, which is a > turnoff, regardless if it is free. > > > > I know some people are logged in to Google all the time, but not everyone > wants to do that. > > > > Andrew Pang > > Brooks Hill Road > > > > On 11/14/2022 1:34 PM Jonathan Sheffi <jshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I love Slack. My wife and I have a private Slack server for running our > household. But everyone knows how to use email -- I think a lot of folks > who aren't used to Slack might struggle to use it, and community engagement > would decrease. > > > > That said, I definitely agree that the current Mailman infrastructure is > badly outdated and we should leave for a better service. I would suggest > migrating us from Mailman to either Google Groups or Groups.io. There are > migration tools so that we wouldn't lose the archive, plus everything would > become searchable and easier to navigate. > > > > Who actually runs the infrastructure for LT anyway? 🤔 > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM Laura Koller <laura.kol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Could consideration be made for replacing the LincolnTalk listserv's > antiquated format with Slack, or some other "modern" group communication > platform? I find that the repetition of content makes these messages > unwieldy and quite challenging to read through to find the non-repeated > content. Thanks for considering this; any thoughts? > -- > > Laura Koller > > laura.kol...@gmail.com > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- Laura Koller laura.kol...@gmail.com
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