On Lu, 13 apr 20, 15:23:28, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Apr 13, 2020, Russ Allbery wrote: > > The thing with the "newer" projects that I've seen (and maybe I'm just a > curmudgeon trapped in a young person's body) is that they come off to me > as the early dotcom "exactly like X, except on the internet!" stuff. > > > Now, in a lot of cases the real conversation happens on GitHub, which > > isn't exactly the same thing as a forum. But forums seem to play a large > > role in some of the more vibrant communities (Rust, for instance). > > Haven't really gone there - I have noticed a lot of forums in regards to > microcontrollers; but I tend to just leech off of them as I can't stand > the whole "5th post on basically the same subject on the first page" > garbage that (beginner) fora tend to cultivate.
Forums probably qualify for "like e-mail, except on the web", as they don't bring enough advantages to make them significantly better than e-mail. Discourse does have some advantages over forums. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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