[Freedombox-discuss] Creating Mailing Lists

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 02:45:22PM -0800, John Gilmore wrote:
> > There are others here, like me, who have little talent in this area,
> > but have valid comments to make concerning our aesthetic response to
> > the proposals.  Please don't go off into your own corner and discuss
> > things in private among the three of you.  Release early and release
> > often in the open arena of this list as you have done here this time,
> > please.  Thank you.
> 
> No, please.
> 
> This is the last message I want to see about the details of logos and
> aesthetics.  And I bet I'm not the only one.
> 
> Where are the *($%*#$)@# topical mailing lists?  Until somebody sets
> them up, EVERYBODY is stuck listening to all the stuff they have zero
> interest in -- or stuck unsubscribing from the main list and thus
> getting little or no info.  And unsubscribing is looking increasingly
> like more fun than sticking around.
> 
> If only three people want to talk about a topic (like visual design),
> PLEASE make a mailing list for it!  Otherwise those three people will
> correspond on the main list -- bothering a thousand people who don't
> care at all.  And incidentally informing twelve observer/commenters
> who like seeing their messages.  But those people should've just
> subscribed to the visual-design list, because they DO care about it.
> 
> If FB made a dozen mailing lists TODAY, we'd quickly find out which
> ones get used and which don't -- a topic on which people will
> endlessly and uselessly opine ("please include me in such a list" /
> "no, such a list isn't useful") on the main list.

Please, please, somebody listen to John and do it already.

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