[kwlug disc.] KWLUG - The Kitchener Waterloo Linux User Group new content notification for mail-forum-merge

[Paul Nijjar]

On Fri, 18 May 2007, Charles McColm wrote:

> Right now the website is sending the wrong signals.

 	If we conclude that people are supposed to post all of their 
"dynamic" content to the mailing list and not the website, then we are 
sending the wrong signals. If we conclude that dynamic content (blogs, 
etc) are acceptable content on the website, then we have a communication 
gap between the mailing list population and the website population. That 
is why I thought implementing notifications is a positive (albeit limited) 
step.

 	I don't know whether we have made a conclusion either way, or 
whether it is likely that we are going to. So I am hoping that we can try 
out this solution for a while to see whether it does more good than harm.

> How is the web site sending wrong signals? Are we going to force people to
> join the mailing list just to post a discussion topic? Some people prefer
> not to be on mailing lists (volume of email, etc.).
 	I think that is a legitimate position as well. In fact one of my 
motivations for setting up notifications was because some of your 
excellent blog posts (e.g. http://www.kwlug.org/node/529) appear lonely 
and ignored.

- Paul

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