<html><head></head><body> <div dir="auto"><span style="color: var(--text-color);" dir="auto">Hi Leo!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: var(--text-color);" dir="auto"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: var(--text-color);" dir="auto">On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 09:41, Leo Vegoda <</span><a class="" href="mailto:On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 09:41, Leo Vegoda <<a href=">leo@vegoda.org</a><span style="color: var(--text-color);">> wrote:</span><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote" dir="auto">- Am I wrong? Are e-mail discussion lists a sustainable communication<br>channel for the foreseeable future?<br>- Are e-mail discussion lists an acceptable technology to people<br>joining the industry?</blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: var(--text-color);" dir="auto">I find e-mail far preferable to slack-like things, certainly far preferable to web-like things in general. I have abandoned all social media in the interests of living a more pleasant life. E-mail for me is about all that is left. </span><span style="color: var(--text-color);">However, I am old and rubbish and I don't think the requirements of dinosaurs should drive decisions about the future of mammals.</span></div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do think a simple comparison of the<caret></caret> traffic on this list and the size of the community suggests that something is a bit out of whack. Maybe e-mail is a poor tool for discussions; maybe people have nothing to say; maybe a big audience is intimidating; maybe dinosaurs are annoying.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It seems very possible that the answer to these kinds of questions lie in sociology and not engineering.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Joe</div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote" dir="auto"></blockquote></body></html>