[Marcos Eliziario] > Email is based on open standards with multiple implementations, most of > them open source, that you can run basically wherever you want. > Reddit is a product from a company, with a privately controlled API, and > that may not even be here tomorrow, and it is not based on open standards. > What happens if Reddit goes bankrupt tomorrow?
That's a good point. I suggested Reddit because it has a pretty extensive feature list and is fairly simple to set-up and try. Maybe we could make /r/python_thoughts instead of /r/python_ideas to denote the separation (i.e. nothing posted on /r/python_thoughts will be automatically shared on the python-ideas email list or vice-versa) or maybe there's some forum software based on open standards that has a similar feature set? Or maybe there are no open standards for internet forums, in which case, how would one go about advocating for such a thing? [Marcos Eliziario] > Simple is good. Email is simple. Simple *can* be good, but it *can* also get in the way of fruitful conversation... On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 5:26 PM Marcos Eliziario <marcos.elizia...@gmail.com> wrote: > Email is based on open standards with multiple implementations, most of > them open source, that you can run basically wherever you want. > Reddit is a product from a company, with a privately controlled API, and > that may not even be here tomorrow, and it is not based on open standards. > What happens if Reddit goes bankrupt tomorrow? > > And let's not forget that mailing lists have a small barrier to entry. > Moving this list to a forum would likely become an "eternal september" kind > of event. > > Simple is good. Email is simple. > > > > Em sex, 1 de fev de 2019 às 21:17, Abe Dillon <abedil...@gmail.com> > escreveu: > >> [Chris Angelico] >> >>> With emails, you get your choice of tools. With web forum systems, you >>> get the forum host's choice of tools. >> >> >> There are many 3rd party tools for interacting with Reddit. >> It's all just data behind an API. There's no reason you couldn't have a >> choice of tools for a forum system. >> The biggest difference I see is that email APIs are more standardized. >> Maybe we should push for an open standard for forum-style communication. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 5:03 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:00 AM Abe Dillon <abedil...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > [Steven D'Aprano] >>> >> >>> >> The bottom line is that email can be sorted, filtered, shuffled, >>> sliced >>> >> and diced in an almost infinite number of ways. If your email client >>> >> isn't good enough, blame the tool, not the technology. >>> > >>> > >>> > There's no reason a forum system couldn't accommodate sorting, >>> filtering, shuffling, slicing and dicing. >>> > It seems the only problem is the lack of tools. >>> >>> With emails, you get your choice of tools. With web forum systems, you >>> get the forum host's choice of tools. >>> >>> ChrisA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-ideas mailing list >>> Python-ideas@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas >>> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list >> Python-ideas@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > Marcos Eliziário Santos > mobile/whatsapp/telegram: +55(21) 9-8027-0156 > skype: marcos.elizia...@gmail.com > linked-in : https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliziario/ > >
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