[Tagging] Consensus switching away from mailinglists? Was: Time to split the list?

[osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au]

I'm in full agreement with the position stated below and would be
fundamentally opposed to any move away from mailing lists.

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> 
Sent: Saturday, 19 February 2022 05:46
To: Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de>
Cc: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Tagging] Consensus switching away from mailinglists? Was: Time
to split the list?


Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de> writes:

> Is there a general consensus amongst the users to drop mailinglists 
> per se and switch to web based discussion forms?

Absolutely not.  Mailinglists allow efficient interaction with lcoal sorting
and adjusting, and web-based stuff causes repeititve stress injuries from
endless clicking and one-at-time slowness.

> I havent seen ANY discussions about this. For myself i am more used to 
> mailinglists as these are a "push" technology whereas web based 
> discussions are more of "pull" based technologies.
>
> And i do follow mailinglists like linux-kernel which are by far the 
> mailinglists with the most traffic.

Agreed.