I'm starting a new thread regarding this topic.
On 8/24/2019 2:10 AM, Lori Guidos wrote:
I also think we need to communicate better and more efficently.. Perhaps we can add some newer open source software tools to ensure smoother communication?
I am reluctant to endorse adoption of new methods or tools: they tend to become the problem they are supposed to prevent, drawing resources and time away from more pressing issues.
This mailing list is stable, well-known, and easy to use. A new paradigm would require that each subscriber climb what might be a steep learning-curve, and once they do that, some will feel compelled to demonstrate their command of the new methods and/or software by adding to the amount of smoke surrounding our electronic campfire, without also adding enough light to make the changes worthwhile.
Could communication be improved? Of course. Will having a new way to communicate automagically cause that to happen? I don't feel that it will.
YMMV. HTH.
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Bill Horne
Bill et al;
On Sat, 2019-08-24 at 18:39 -0400, Bill Horne via 44Net wrote:
I am reluctant to endorse adoption of new methods or tools: they tend to become the problem they are supposed to prevent, drawing resources and time away from more pressing issues.
It's not so much the tools used as it is those who use (or abuse) them.
This mailing list is stable, well-known, and easy to use.
Yes it is, and Brian does a fine job maintaining the functionality of the list as well.
Could communication be improved? Of course. Will having a new way to communicate automagically cause that to happen? I don't feel that it will.
Just like the argument of do guns kill or is it a human that must pull the trigger that kills, the tools used in methods of communications by themselves do nothing. It's up to the humans involved to communicate in a productive, non-harmful manner. We can only try to do our best in relaying the thoughts we have into text on the list while trying to offer helping hands to those who need it. Too often in today's world especially in regards to unsocial medias do humans blame the software for their actions.
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