[llvm-dev] LLVM Discourse migration: goals justify means?

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

On 1/27/22 07:45, James Y Knight wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 7:02 PM Tom Stellard via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
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>     This is relevant now because "Mailing List Mode" was recently disabled for
>     everyone on Discourse. This was necessary because we were running up against
>     the daily email limits for free accounts on Discourse.
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> !!!!!!!!!!
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> Finding out that all my notifications have been disabled right before the planned transition date is EXTREMELY unwelcome news!
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> In anticipation of the transition, I had already gotten everything setup for myself -- with mailing list mode enabled, email filters to sort things the way I like, etc.
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> To hear that option is now gone and I need to figure out a new workflow, and furthermore, that apparently the last N days of conversations are now missing for me (since, the outgoing emails were disabled with no warning!), is very disheartening.
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>     Whether or not the "Mailing List Mode" feature is available it is
>     not recommended that people use this feature.  It is recommended
>     that instead users watch only the categories that they are interested
>     in.  This will help reduce your own email load and also reduce the load
>     on the Discourse server (number of emails per month is limited based on
>     the organization's subscription type).
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> Email is critical -- for me, for others. If discourse is not viable (or, not economically viable) when too many people /_want_/ to be emailed "too much", then I don't think this transition as planned should be undertaken. Maybe a self-hosted discourse instance, or something else...

To be clear, email notifications are not disabled.  The only thing that has been changed
is how you enable them in your Discourse preferences.

-Tom