[chef] Re: What if we killed the mailing list altogether...

[Brad Knowles < >]

On Nov 25, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Adam Jacob 
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> 1) the mailing list isn't a common place for new users to wind up. All it 
> takes is a glance at the stack overflow volume to see that a lot of users 
> clearly don't think of the ML first, or even at all. We're old. :)

I'm fine with that.  Let the newbies run amok on SO.  I might even post on 
there, if I were to get a wild hair.

But I would hate to be forced to go because there was no list.

> 2) Tagging, sticky threads, and easier community moderation.

Because those things work so well on all the other web forum boards?

What other web forums are you using?  I certainly don't see newbies doing any 
of that on any of the forums I sometimes watch.

> 3) Easy to have peoples identity come from lots of sources.

You log in with your user account and password, right?

How is that an improvement over just sending or receiving an e-mail with your 
existing mail client?

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