Re: FontForge Mailing List Switch

Hi

Making a new announce list with Free Desktop sounds good to me

On 3 October 2016 at 12:18, Frank Trampe <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm only concerned about the announcement list right now.
>
> I think that FontForge can be much more successful in building mindshare,
> its user base, and a donor base if we take steps to make it cool. I realize
> that this is significantly out of step with its historical origins, but
> it's what we need to keep the project healthy.
>
> We've already done this for the icon set, the widget set, and the website.
> The last outward-facing thing is the announcement list.
>
> As some of you may have noticed, I've adjusted the website to drive
> subscriptions to said list in order to improve engagement with casual
> users. That is where superficial impressions matter most, and we must act
> accordingly. I want to start sending fancy release announcements with
> pictures of new features and without other people's advertisements.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 3 October 2016 at 09:52, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> > I'm a little biased on restarting something elsewhere because there's
>>> > roughly 10+ years of archive here, and those that are looking for just
>>> > announcements are already here.
>>> >
>>> > Some advertising is an understandable expectation, because someone has
>>> to
>>> > pay for ethernet bandwidth, electricity, maintaining/upgrading
>>> computers,
>>> > and if/when necessary - deal with the everpresent reality of spammers
>>> and
>>> > spamming. Fortunately, announcements tend to be a one-way message
>>> system,
>>> > but I do note that we've been relatively spam free compared to other
>>> > message lists (some of them are very spammy).
>>>
>>> Agree. I don't see any real significant reason to move, and at least this
>>> one really good reason to stay.
>>>
>>
>> Frank T, were you talking about moving all 3 lists or only the announce
>> list?
>>
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