Re: List traffic

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2010, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 May 2010, Greg Stark wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm thinking I'll move -general (and the useless -novice) to another folder. But I'm left wondering what to do with -admin and -performance. They're a random mix of user content and developer content. I'll probably move them along with -general but that means I won't be likely to see any development discussion on them in the future
>>>
>>> There shouldn't be any dev discussions on them as it is ... that isn't their mandate ... those are/were meant to be end-user lists, not developer ones ...
>>
>> We know from experience that doesn't work. People just end up
>> crossposting, because they're not sure people are on both lists. And
>> then you want to move a discussion, which just means you have to CC in
>> both lists, leading to even more duplication.
>>
>> If there was a clear distinction between end-user and dev it might
>> make sense. That how commercial software companies tend to work -
>> don't let devs talk to end users. That's not how we work. Forcing
>> people to look in different places just throws hurdles in front of
>> those trying to help out.
>
> What *are* you talking about?  This doesn't seem to have anything related to what I said :)
>
> All I was saying was that -performance and -admin are not development discusion lists, not that developers aren't subscribed / talking on them ... that doesn't make them any less end-user lists ...

Yes, and I'm saying there is no real difference between end-user,
development, admin and performance. The amount of crossover is so
large the distinction rapidly becomes pointless.


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