On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Charles Srstka via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2017, at 2:05 PM, Ted Kremenek via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > > I’d like to understand more the subjective comments on this thread, such > as "may intimidate newcomers”. This feels very subjective, and while I am > not disagreeing with that statement I don’t fully understand its > justification. Signing up for mailing lists is fairly straightforward, and > one isn’t obligated to respond to threads. Are forums really any less > “intimating”? If so, why is that the case? Is this simply a statement > about mailing lists not being in vogue? > > > Signing up for mailing lists is straightforward, yes—but that’s only a > small part of it. Signing up for a mailing list is a *commitment.* Once you > do it, your inbox will be inundated with mailing list posts, making it > difficult to find messages that actually have been intended for you > personally. Therefore, you’ll have to deal with that somehow. You can set > up rules in Mail to route mailing list posts to a separate folder, but that > won’t help you if you access your webmail from a public machine. > > > FWIW, I subscribe to many mailing lists in gmail and have it auto filter > emails to mailing lists into a separate mailbox (well, really, tags) for > each list. It works great for me. > > This doesn’t detract from your point about it being a commitment though. > It does kind of imply a follow-up question, though: is it _undesirable_ that signing up for a mailing list is a modicum of commitment? -Chris > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > >
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