> > every time anybody switches from email to some closed, web-based service, >> membership & traffic drops off tremendously (even with email >> notifications). People continue to use email lists because they work. >> Nothing works as well as a good email list, with a searchable archive. My >> advice: Don't. Just don't. >> >> Thanks for this advice. Any comments? >
Mile's observation is valid and real. Google Groups works as well as it does because we can choose to use email client or browser editor, and switch back and forth at whim. Though I almost always use browser to 'talk' I still keep my email subscription active, so I have a personal backup in the event Groups is inaccessible, temporarily or permanent. My chief attractions to Discourse are: - the prospect of being able to refactor and split threads, while keeping them linked - Being able to edit posts, like wiki - Liking posts, creating a signal people can use for understanding how important that idea is to the community - Excellent browser editor - Web experience in general is better and smoother than any other other forum I've used (inc. Google Groups) - Track record of the lead developer (a primary creator of Stack Overflow). Github Issues has all of these functions, and many other attractions like interacting with the code repo directly. Plus, very significantly, being able to track and respond by email. Discourse doesn't do this, on purpose. I'm not sure I like that. I think GH is probably a better platform for Leo overall, with one major and fatal flaw: mixing discussion and issues in the same place would pretty much kill issues as a focussing and driving forward tool. (It occurs to me now that one could create a new GH repo whose sole purpose was community discussion. Or use an old one, like the leo-editor-blog.) -matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/19fe5658-6b4b-4cec-a8a8-3882e2135cab%40googlegroups.com.
