[PetiteCloud] Does having a mailing list vs. a forum harm us

Michael Thoreson m.thoreson at c4labs.ca
Fri Mar 14 22:33:15 PDT 2014


I wasn't thinking strict moderating. Just someone who can review posts 
and make sure there is no abuse of the forum, members or "flamming" and 
such.

On 14/03/2014 11:04 PM, Anya Deason wrote:
> If you don't mind subjecting yourselves to my unpolished moderating skills, I would be glad to organize the forum. A forum should be a place to freely discuss the progress of scalable cloud computing without the formality & stiffness of mailing lists.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:56 PM, Michael Thoreson <m.thoreson at c4labs.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I agree forums would be better. However do we have someone or team of people with enough spare time to moderate and maintain the forum? Forums do take significantly more work. Mailing lists however work great for core team members. It is a very easy way to get info out to members quickly and securely especially if NDA covered data is shared.
>>
>> Michael Thoreson
>>
>>> On 14/03/2014 9:27 PM, Anya Deason wrote:
>>> To me, a forum provides a formatted means of communication, which has an interactive feel that is more human, as opposed to robotic.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Mar 14, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com <mailto:aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What is the best way for us to communicate forum or mailing list?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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