As stated at the meeting, the number of subscribers to the mailing lists
is significantly low. The user list, for example, has about 1500
subscribers, the Spanish and Brazilian lists have about 350 people each.
TDF has today 221 members and this list only 160 people. Therefore,
beyond the fact that the subscription is voluntary, it cannot be said
that many people are encouraged to participate in the discussions.
It has to do with a social issue, as someone said, but also with the
language barrier and the ability to argue an idea. And I'm pretty sure
that providing a platform where people can vote on comments/ideas will
allow TDF to attract much more participation, even from those who don't
speak English as fluently... as I do.
To make it clear, this is not an attempt to solve several problems at
once, I don't expect to present a final solution, if there is one. But
as a foundation with a global reach we need to make people willing to
participate. If such behavior modification is achieved through technical
change, then we welcome it.
What I propose is to give the platform a chance without leaving any
other tools aside, for a certain period of time, and then evaluate the
performance.
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