For what it's worth, there's not a single forum I visit with any regularity - they all have far too low signal-to-noise ratio and I like it that mailing lists come to me. I think a forum vs. a mailing list is a trade-off, not an upgrade, no question in my mind.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Patrick Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Apart from the features, I think nowadays people are more comfortable >> joining a forum than subscribing to a mailing list. >> -- >> Nathan Whitehead >> > > And then you have the other class of people who prefer to manage their own > moderation, get all of their communication in one place, have an easy way to > search through all communication regarding several projects, and not have to > remember the links to half a dozen forums. > > And then there's me who will subscribe to all of the mailing lists and put > the forum in a permanent tab on firefox :) > > But it's true - there may be a potential audience that we are not hearing > because they don't follow mailing lists. >
