[llvm-dev] RFC: Moving toward Discord and Discourse for LLVM's discussions

Stefan Teleman via llvm-dev
2019-11-18T16:39:02Z

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 8:49 AM Robinson, Paul via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> |  mailing lists for longer-form discussions are unfamiliar, difficult, and
often intimidating for newcomers
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> Um… what?  While I know (via my own children) that folks nowadays use
multiple avenues of communication, it’s *really* hard to imagine email as a
*mechanism* being unfamiliar/difficult/intimidating.  Moving to a new mechanism
wouldn’t alter the fact of the very large number of strangers participating,
which to my mind would be the unfamiliar/difficult/intimidating part.

FWIW, I agree with Paul.

I can't recall an instance when I had difficulty using, or was
intimidated by, email, for saying something on a mailing list.

I am very unclear as to what problem this Discourse thing is supposed
to solve. Being welcoming, or off-putting, has nothing to do with the
form of the communications medium IMO. It has much more to do with the
contents and style of the communication.

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