On 10/01/2022 20:47, Alessio wrote:
On Mon, 2022-01-10 at 14:11 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
I'd like to replace this mailing list, and the step asking new users to sign up for it. (And this might mean several different ideas for what the list is for are in the future served by different things, not just that team tag.)
Well, we could maintain the mailing list and use it as an exercise for newcomers :-D I agree that nowadays mailing lists are a communication system used by old school bearded developers :-D But in your journey you will always encounter one (one mailing list, mmh maybe also a bearded developer). So it could be like a playground for people who have never seen one. (But for me, if there is a consensus, we can stop using this mailing list altogether).
My humble two cents: I am an old bearded non-developer; I am aware of many non-bearded users of mailing lists.
my main point is however: having been on this list for +/- 2 weeks, I enjoy it as a way to getting a sense of people in the community. But, of course, that can also happen via introductions on discourse.
Of course, in terms of use logics, it is quite hidden (it took me years to stumble upon this welcome/intro space). I have no idea, whether ask/discussion platforms could be employed to automatically invite new users there to introduce themselves. I note that discourse seems to recognise new users as such.
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