Re: discourse forum test

The result of linking the mailing list to the discourse list is nice - long
threads are picked up well, and navigation and usage is pretty snappy. For
example:

http://165.227.5.128/t/sc-users-tracking-synth-nodes-handling-polyphony-take-2/47/8


On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:51 AM Scott Carver <scott-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected]> wrote:

> Slow meaning the web interface? Or slow meaning the backend?
>
> As a point of comparison, the lines forum (https://llllllll.co) is in our
> ballpark in terms of scale (10k messages - I count ~5k for the last 5 years
> of sc-users, so maybe 3x that for our entire history. they have 1k active
> users, probably more than us). They sometimes struggle with storage issues,
> but the site is snappy.
>
> I discovered it's possible to use github/google/facebook/etc to
> authenticate, so people can post without doing the majordomo dance and
> without flooding their inbox. Enabled GitHub and Google  - GH works great
> (Google doesn't like authing to an ip address).
>
> Incidentally, the sc-dev/sc-users mailing list authorization links sent in
> emails are currently non-functional - the only way to confirm is via a
> manual reply? I forget who manages the list these days?
>
> - S
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 5:05 AM <julian.rohrhuber-QYZGCWsIODmAF8UT6DzBU6xOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
>> We’ve been using discourse for a year now in the university. It is really
>> good for handling forum like things. But it is really slow, it is much more
>> fun to write an email than an entry in discourse.
>>
>> The mirroring idea is nice.
>>
>>
>> > On 16.02.2018, at 08:52, scott-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> > I've been messing around a little with discourse (the open source forum
>> / mailing list backend). Specifically, I've been wondering if it could
>> provide a replacement + upgrade for the mailing lists and nabble workflows
>> as they are now. I'm not really *proposing* a replacement, as much as
>> simply experimenting with that might look like. Feel free to mess around /
>> create an account / etc. Don't post anything important, since I may take
>> this down.
>> >
>> > The address is:
>> > http://165.227.5.128/
>> >
>> > A couple notes and thoughts:
>> >
>> > - In your user Preferences -> Emails, you can enable mailing list mode
>> to make the entire forum behave like a traditional email list (you can
>> reply to posts by email, and create threads by sending to
>> sc-test-dev-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected] or sc-test-users-y6qSm6YX8/[email protected]).
>> >
>> > - I think I've got both mailing lists mirroring as categories on the
>> forum. They're non-interactive (you can't reply), but I'm curious how the
>> mirroring turns out.
>> >
>> > - The functionality around categories, user groups, notification and
>> muting seems very awesome, and could be a big benefit for the kinds of
>> sprawling discussions on sc-users/sc-dev
>> >
>> > - Code highlighting appears to work fine. I don't think it recognizes
>> sclang specifically, but it does an okay job nonetheless.
>> >
>> > - Categories for "users" and "developers" (or embedded users, tidal
>> users, etc etc) are more permeable than with two separate mailing lists.
>> Threads can be moved if another category is more appropriate, and searches
>> can easily cover both/all.
>> >
>> > - You can create wiki-editable posts? Seems interesting?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>