My main hesitation about reddit is that, even on the best-case subs like /r/rust, newcomer posts tends to get downvoted or ignored.
Here, if a newcomer posts a basic question, many people will ignore them, but the poster doesn't know that. Someone will post a solution, or a link to one, and they will be on their way. On /r/elm, they see their post sitting at 1,0 or -1 votes, and and up feeling like newcomer questions aren't welcome, and are more likely to try to find a tool with a more friendly community. My vote would be for Discourse or something similar. I think being able to sticky posts would remove a lot of the redundant messages we see on this list, and being able to sort by subject would make it easier for people to see what they're most interested in. On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:14 PM, 'Rupert Smith' via Elm Discuss < elm-discuss@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 7:00:34 PM UTC, Martin DeMello wrote: >> >> I'm a heavy reddit user, and I think it simply lacks the features >> necessary to support mailing-list-style discussions: >> > > You can't quote when replying. > > I like newsgroups so much better then /r/elm. I like the old fashioned > feel of them, the anarchic style, the freedom to be conversational or > express myself however I like within the confines of ASCII. There is still > something of the old attitude of usenet alive in them that just seems to be > lacking on the alternatives. I take great pride in quoting carefully, > replying to multiple questions with responses in-line underneath, not top > posting and so on. In other words newsgroups or mailing lists take bit of > work and manners to operate successfully and that all contributes to making > a community. > > A few thoughts for you: > > Having a split community might actually be a good thing. For one, there > are enough people interested that >1 splinter of this community is alive > concurrently. That in itself is an achievement because something needs to > reach a certain size for that to happen. Also it makes the community as a > whole more resilient - if one splinter dies out, others may carry on. > > Removing duplication is a good thing for code - but for community growth > and engagement, perhaps it isn't. > > So I'm just going to keep on posting here, because it is the best place > for me and I've had plenty interesting and helpful responses. > > Also, what about this: > > http://elm-news.com/ > > Perfect for keeping up-to-date with multiple channels. All it needs is > user accounts or to use local storage so it can keep track of what you have > read or not. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
