[Discuss] Do we want the discuss/announce split?

Dave Bucklin dave.bucklin at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 03:15:59 CDT 2018


On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:57:39PM -0500, Joe Nelson via Discuss wrote:
> I'm thinking about the "onboarding" process for new users and wondering whether it's wise to ask them to subscribe to two lists. What if we put all discussions, including announcements of upcoming meetings, into the discuss list?
> 
> Lists associated with software projects offer an announce list as a place to subscribe for lower list volume, for people who don't want to hear the developer chatter. In our case as a social club the discussion is itself the whole point, so I'm not sure why someone would want to subscribe to announce but not discuss.
> 
> Should I remove the announce list, or do you feel like it's better to keep it?

Pulling this out of my spam folder...

I see your point. I'm fine with removing the announce list. If we ever
get to the point where we need to deal with excessive volume on the
discuss list, we can solve the problem at that time.

I just love solving problems that don't exist yet! ;)


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