On 01May2016 14:18, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
Hi Alan,
I thought I'd mention that the list-owners of "python-list" have now
decided to only allow people to post if they are subscribed to the list:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2016-April/707571.html
The motivation is to ensure that if people ask a question, and people
reply only to the list, the original poster has at least a chance of
seeing the replies.
Of course, in the case of python-list, non-subscribers can just use the
Usenet interface (comp.lang.python, or Google Groups, or gmane). But
anyone using Usenet is presumably savvy enough to check for replies
using Usenet.
What's your policy here on the tutor list? I think we should require
subscription before people can post. (And I think we should default to
individual emails, not daily digest.)
I am not Alan, but personally I am +0.8 and +1 on these.
I think requiring subscription ensures that users see responses. I don't know
if tutor is already like that, and requiring subscription _does_ raise the bar
for people coming for help. I would hope that any "please subscribe in order to
post" list responses to newcomers was both welcoming and very clear on how to
do it.
There seems to me a subjectly large number of very short threads with a
question from someone, a couple of responses from list members, and no further
reply.
To me this argues that either newcomers are not subscribed and probably do not
see any responses, or that sufficient are discourteous enough or naive enough
to nothing bother to acknowledge help.
Finally, I would like to see digest simply not offered. They are a disaster.
They break subject lines, threading and bury responses in noise.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
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