Future of this mailing list

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

Now that I think of it, Yahoo Groups offer the same kind of feature. I slightly prefer Google groups from the user-interface point of view.

2009/6/30 MLL <webmll@...>

If people are too reluctant to switch to a forum, you can see the good
practices of squeezebox's forums (http://forums.slimdevices.com/) which
marry happily mailing-lists and forums IIRC.

MLL

Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote:
> Dear MusicBrainz users,
>
> as you know, there is an ongoing effort to reorganize and simplify user
> support at MusicBrainz. One of the usual suspects are mailing lists as
> opposed to forums -- many users are confused as to where
> they should ask for help. It has been noted that only one of the mailing
> lists has any relevance for the users (this one), all the others are
> relevant either for developers or customers.
>
> A proposal has been made about moving all user-relevant discussion to
> the forums at http://forums.musicbrainz.org. However, nobody wished to
> close this mailing list without hearing what its inhabitants think of
> this idea first, so here it comes:
>
> 1. What do you think in general of putting user support at one place at
> forums and shutting down musicbrainz-users mailing list?
>
> 2. Do you see any technical or usability reasons against using the
> forums?
>
> Thank you for your replies.

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[Gecks]

I think at this point it's just way too late to change forum
software/interface. you'd have to transfer the accounts (which you
probably couldn't do) and it's just a general pain.

I'm a +1 to moving to the forums. i prefer the mailing list, but then
i'm not someone who would be asking questions (well, maybe sometimes
:)). if people really want to help out budding MBz's then i think it's
a necessary 'evil' (and it's not that bad - the forum software is
pretty good IMO).

chris/gecks

2009/6/30 Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg@...>:

> Now that I think of it, Yahoo Groups offer the same kind of feature. I
> slightly prefer Google groups from the user-interface point of view.
>
> 2009/6/30 MLL <webmll@...>
>>
>> If people are too reluctant to switch to a forum, you can see the good
>> practices of squeezebox's forums (http://forums.slimdevices.com/) which
>> marry happily mailing-lists and forums IIRC.
>>
>> MLL
>>

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[Sami Sundell-2]

On 30.6.2009, at 15.24, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:

> From a new user's point of veiw, I agree: forums are probably the  
> best option, they are more focused, allow better searching /  
> browsing, are clearer to read...

This one, I have to contest. Searching/browsing is true, at least for  
older messages. However, if forums are clearer to read, your mail  
application is doing something wrong. 8)

I'm serious. After about five messages forums tend to become  
unreadable mess. Part of it is related to shortcomings of the forum  
software, some of it is because of the culture. Neither one is  
specific to MusicBrainz, as all forums seem to follow the same,  
moronic mode of operation, and users in general tend to follow the  
same behavioral patterns, which were probably put in place by the  
first pre-pubescent web forum user in AOL back in 1997.

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[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2009/6/30 Sami Sundell <ssundell@...>

On 30.6.2009, at 15.24, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:

> From a new user's point of veiw, I agree: forums are probably the
> best option, they are more focused, allow better searching /
> browsing, are clearer to read...

This one, I have to contest. Searching/browsing is true, at least for
older messages. However, if forums are clearer to read, your mail
application is doing something wrong. 8)

I'm serious. After about five messages forums tend to become
unreadable mess. Part of it is related to shortcomings of the forum
software, some of it is because of the culture. Neither one is
specific to MusicBrainz, as all forums seem to follow the same,
moronic mode of operation, and users in general tend to follow the
same behavioral patterns, which were probably put in place by the
first pre-pubescent web forum user in AOL back in 1997.

I meant: using a web interface. Of course a good local mail client is better (offering a threaded view like TB)

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