Re: Forum software

On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > On 11/09/2013 15:42, Leszek Krupiński wrote: >> -1 - that would split discussions and force people interested in the subject to look at two >> sources. --Leszek > I actually had a solution to that: > > >Perhaps the software could be implemented such that all posts and replies on it would also > >be sent to the mailing list in the appropriate format, so that people reading the mailing list could > >still see what was going on. > > A web interface on top of the mailing list with an upvote/downvote layer could provide this, so > long as it's intelligent enough. This way, people would still be able to use the mailing list > directly, but could also look at the web view with its hierarchical format and upvotes and > downvotes. It also means people could use the web interface exclusively if they wished. If the forum would be a way to access the same data in a different way, it's ok. But the 'votes' remind me of "protests" on Facebook that have thousands of 'likes' but completely no impact. RFCs are a place for voting, and mailing lists are a place for expressing opinions. --Leszek