Re: [F/OSS-Discuss] Re: Community/Discuss Lists

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:04:55AM -0500, Karim R. Lakhani wrote:
> the ideas was to separate out discussion from announcements. this
> came about when some people felt that the discussion was not of
> interest to them. i have made it a habit to post new article news on
> both lists.  but perhaps I should just do it to "community".

Announcement only lists are almost always moderated and they tend to
be have "announce" in the name and are do not allow for follow-ups
unless there's a good reason like a correction.

> i would still prefer to keep them separate - unless this is a *real*
> issue :)

Lets see if more people weigh in. IMHO, right now the difference (and
therefore the need) for the two is unclear to most people (including
most of the people who are using it!) which will need to change if the
two list solution is going to work.

Regards,
Mako

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Benjamin Mako Hill
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Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so
far as society is free to use the results. --RMS

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