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<div dir="auto">Courtney wrote:<br />
> Or is it going to keep doing the same old flame wars?<br />
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To be honest, the mailing lists have been on the way out for a long time now, and talk@ is no exception. Some once busy lists are now basically dead (dev@, legal-talk@, talk-de@). Others are noticeably quieter (talk@, talk-fr@, osmf-talk@). A few local communities still prefer mailing lists but they're fewer in number every year. Generally, the vital new stuff in OSM doesn't happen on mailing lists.<br />
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So I wouldn't suggest worrying too much about the lists. Theory and practice of community interaction elsewhere in OSM is absolutely a valid and interesting topic, but the lists belong to pretty much the same period in OSM history as IRC and Potlatch, and I say that as someone who still uses both. :)<br />
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Richard</div>
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