Re: Mailing lists vs forums

[Felix Miata <mrmazda earthlink net>]

Yury V. Zaytsev composed on 2015-06-16 22:02 (UTC+0200):

> On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 12:52 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:

> > In the long run it will hurt if whoever takes on the task with good
> > intentions fails to follow through long term, leaving the forum mostly
> > with unanswered or partially answered questions.

> That's a valid concern, but if taken too far one would eventually forgo
> starting *any* new activity at all :-)

A reason I mentioned it is because this is exactly what has happened with web
forums in general, and in one particular area especially (FTA DVB satellite
receivers). Forums are relatively easy to create, far less easy to
competently sustain.
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