Thank Steve, what is the best link for 2021 GSoC? I can't quite find it. https://wiki.list.org/DEV/Home?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=summer+of+code&titlesearch=Titles
My NGO, E-Democracy.org has lots of experience with crossing that web forum/email divide. Now that Zope-based GroupServer.org is coming to end of it's useful life (we don't own it but did fund features), we'd love an opportunity to share what we've learned and some ideas. (We used Mailman in the Pipermail-only era, and before that YahooGroups/eGroups and ListProc and even Majordomo when we launched in 1994. We also have experience with Google Groups and Listserv.) To be honest, with competitive online groups seeking to reach everyday mass online users, the divide now is more a social media look and feel versus email divide with web forum expectations. My view is that email discussions, web forum topics, blog posts, social media posts are all essentially the same structure - an original topic post that generates replies/comments ... and that there is nothing wrong with presenting that information based on user expectations with options to change the view style to their comfort. I've stuck with email centric options at the core because they grab attention and create group bonds that destination social media groups/web forums don't when the frame is geographic common interest instead of pre-existing special/niche interest. But we've experienced a huge generational decline in under 40 members with app expectations (NextDoor) and Facebook Groups post look and feel expectations. We care about independent local community spaces online and it's worth having an alternative! Please guide us on how to be most useful in sharing some specific ideas into the Summer of Code. Thanks, Steve On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:31 AM Stephen J. Turnbull < turnbull.stephen...@u.tsukuba.ac.jp> wrote: > Mark Sapiro writes: > > > The list is at <https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty/-/issues>, but it > > isn't prioritized. If what you want isn't there, you can file additional > > issues. > > After 2/19 19:00 UTC you can also look at the Mailman Wiki for the > Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2021 ideas list. This is biased in two > ways, first, not all good ideas are of the right scope and content for > GSoC, and second it will be based on what I personally think is > appropriate. > > You (and enybody else) are welcome to suggest new ideas based on your > needs. The bar is low in the sense that our priorities are actually > are not very well defined. We generally throw a bunch of spaghetti at > the applicants and see what sticks to the ones we judge competent. :-) > > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
