[darcs-users] Re: darcs-users moderation: opinions (and a moderator) sought

[Ralph Dratman]

I don't see why a quite specialized mailing list such as this one should need to
be open for posting by non-subscribers. We are not discussiong topics
of immense interest to the general community. This is not slashdot or Daily Kos.

To put the matter another way, why would someone NOT want to register?
Surely anyone who is using darcs is not going to be put off by
registering for a discussion list.

We are not selling flapjacks here.

Ralph

On 11/30/06, Benjamin Franksen <benjamin.franksen at bessy.de> wrote:
> Marnix Klooster wrote:
> > On 30-11-06 16:26, Jon Dowland wrote:
> >> On a related note, do any subscribers have strong feelings
> >> on the way the list is moderated? What do you think of the
> >> suggestion to close posting to all non-subscribers, and do
> >> away with moderation completely?
> >
> > I for one had already forgotten this list is moderated, being a
> > subscriber and not a spammer.  So I guess you're doing a good job, from
> > my point of view.  :-)  Thanks for the effort!
>
> AOL!
>
> > No strong feelings here yet, but...  Do you have any statistics for us
> > about how many (non-spam) mail the list gets from non-subscribers vs.
> > subscribers?  Either as absolutes or as percentages?  I mean, if just 1
> > in 100 mails comes from a non-subscriber, then I don't see a problem in
> > only allowing subscribers to post...
>
> It /might/ be a mistake if attracting new users is a goal, even if it's used
> by just one percent of the non-spam posters. For instance, using gmane (a
> mail to news gateway) one can easily browse and also post to mailing lists
> such as this one, avoiding the initial overhead needed for a mailing list
> subscription. This lowers the entry barrier for new users who just want to
> ask a few quick questions. (NB using gmane myself, I can't really remember
> whether I did subscribe here or not... :-)
>
> Ben
>
>
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