On 6/30/12 4:23 PM, srean wrote: > Indeed they are, but it still needs active "pulling" on behalf of > those who would want to answer questions and even then a question can > sink deep in the well. Deeper than what one typically monitors. > Sometimes question are not appropriately tagged. Sometimes it is not > obvious what the tag should be, or which tag is being monitored by > the persons who might have the answer. > > Could be less of a problem for us given that its a more focused group > and the predefined tags are not split too fine. > > I think the main issue is that SO requires more active engagement than > a mailing list because checking for new mail has become something that > almost everyone does by default anyway. > > Not saying SO is bad, I have benefited greatly from it, but this > issues should be kept in mind.
You can subscribe to be notified by email whenever a question is posted to a certain tag. So then it is no different than a mailing list as far as push/pull. As far as mistagging---that is no different than posting to the wrong mailing list, so I don't see how that is an extra problem. In fact, since it's easy to switch the tags, it's easier than a mailing list to shuttle a question to the right "mailing list"/tag. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Grout _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
