On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 11:59 AM stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:51:33 -0700 > "Gerald B. Cox" <gb...@bzb.us> wrote: > > > Yeah, based upon the trial and previous comments I knew it was being > > considered. The point > > of my thread was that many people probably haven't taken the time to > > checkout the Fedora Discourse > > website or read the Foreman analysis that Matt provided. They > > should. > > Did this. I didn't like all the clicking; I prefer shortcut keys. > Press the ? key and a window will pop up with all the keyboard shutcuts >From what I can see on the web, Discourse is trying to mimic social > platforms so users familiar with them find it easy to use. Also seems > targeted to mobiles. That *could* be beneficial for getting new blood > into Fedora, as most younger people who show interest are going to be > in the intersection of those two factors. > > > The difference between using Discourse and mailing lists is night and > > day. > > But which is night and which is day? :-) Seriously, this is a value > judgement, which is true for *you*, but not necessarily for others. > Are you similar to the people who are being targeted by this change? > Yes? That's evidence it might work. > > I believe the product provides a more natural discussion environment, while allowing a mailing list mode for those who prefer that. Considering the many current deployments, that appears to be a popular opinion. > > As far as larger lists... check out this link: > > https://meta.discourse.org/t/biggest-busiest-discourse-forums/30674 > > I don't think any of the Fedora lists I'm subscribed to are high > traffic, even this one, so that isn't really relevant. I suppose it > does show there is room for growth. > That was mainly in response to a concern about the platform scalibility.
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