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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/21/21 16:59, Blumenthal, Uri -
0553 - MITLL via llvm-dev wrote:<br>
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we really going to replace email with Discourse when we
can see that<br>
almost nobody likes using Discourse?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Metcalfe's
law - people are going to tend to use the medium that
they are able to reach the audience on, but not
necessarily because it's superior. Mailing lists have
the benefit of long-term incumbency.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">Email has a
certain level of “omnipresence” and convenience.
Including the superb interoperability among (pretty
much) all of the clients and platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I think I
would prefer maintaining the status quo but if I woke up
tomorrow and the conversation had moved to Discourse I
would join it there. Regardless of whether it had moved
by mandate or popular adoption. I suspect others may
feel similar and therefore the traffic is not a good
metric of preference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">True. But it
may indicate a certain level of acceptance and
convenience. Would one need a “dedicated Discourse
app” to access and participate in the discussions?</span></p>
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<p>One can use Discourse via email, see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279">https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279</a>
- this is one of the major factors that was considered when
comparing the different potential options.<br>
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<p> -Hal<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"> Would that app
run smoothly on all the platforms the current list
members use (that includes how much space it would
require, perhaps people already maxed the storage
capacity of their mobile devices?)? How would people
include bug reports there – taking screenshots…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">People kept
using email because it seems to work the best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0">I understand
that LLVM dev’s aren’t crazy about maintaining mailing
lists – but probably a hosted mailing list solution
would be better than moving to a totally different
platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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