> Are there reasons why someone might prefer StackOverflow to this list? > Are they more to do with the person, or something the Python Community > should address?
I think general discoverability is a driving force. A beginner has a problem, goes to google, types in their problem, and sees some links to the documentation and stackoverflow first (typically). And that's where they are. SO also ranks responses to a question, which the list doesn't do. There are lots of things that I think SO is better suited for than mailing lists --- but of course I also think there are lots of things the list is better suited for than fora like SO. - DLD -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list