> I’m not sure I’d agree with that. People tend to quote when replying to > mail, even if just one line, to provide context. That’s a lot less true of > the forums, especially if you’re responding to a one line question or comment > on the message right above yours. Since the forum emails only quote the new > message, there is much less context in any given message. Part of why I like > email lists is that they may be old school, but people that use them well > make sure there is very very little state in the conversation. That’s the > exact opposite with forum posts.
Couldn't agree more. I am a teenager who has to go to school and attend classes regularly, and some of the days I am very, very busy. The natural quoting style ubiquitous in emails means that I can quickly scan through the message without missing much context. At the end of the day I need to be productive. On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:15 PM Jay Kreibich <j...@kreibi.ch> wrote: > > > > On Mar 13, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > > On 3/13/20, Huỳnh Trần Khanh <qcdz9r6wpcbh59+subscripti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> [On a mailing nlist] I can > >> filter the posts, sort them, search through them, archive them, > >> forward them to a friend, &c. > > > > You can do all of that with the SQLite Forum. Remember, all content > > is still delivered directly to your in-box, just like with a mailing > > list, > > I’m not sure I’d agree with that. People tend to quote when replying to > mail, even if just one line, to provide context. That’s a lot less true of > the forums, especially if you’re responding to a one line question or comment > on the message right above yours. Since the forum emails only quote the new > message, there is much less context in any given message. Part of why I like > email lists is that they may be old school, but people that use them well > make sure there is very very little state in the conversation. That’s the > exact opposite with forum posts. > > I’m not saying the forum isn’t better for the team, simply that they’re not > equal. And at the end of the day, forums must be engaged in actively (I need > to go visit it), while email is passive (it comes to me in a media I scan > regularly). For someone that is largely a lurker these days, it was easy to > just watch messages go by and jump in if needed, having most of the context > of the conversation. With a forum, the email notifications are much less > useful (and less likely to trigger the “Oh, I know that..” response), and I’m > never going to go visit the forum just to see what’s up. > > This might be better for the community, but it largely means I’m out of the > community. I’m not sure that’s a particular loss for me, or the community, > as I’ve not been very active for a decade or so. > > -j > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
