Yeah, I know this sounds like a great idea in theory.
I'm just saying that we have something very similar with haskell@haskell.org,
and it's not working, for various social reasons.
Roman
* Alexander Berntsen
On 03/07/14 16:25, Roman Cheplyaka wrote:
I doubt all the people who are interested will subscribe to these lists. I don't have data to argue for or against this.
Thus people will have to cross-post to those list and haskell-cafe, just like it's happening with haskell@haskell.org right now. This should be considered frowned upon if this proposal goes through.
I don't mind seeing occasional job and academic ads here. For what it's worth: I don't either. I'm actually interested in seeing what's going on in these circles. But I follow quite a few lists, and I a lot of the stuff I see on those lists *is* annoying to me. So I imagine some people, who like me subscribe to a lot of lists, are annoyed by the ads here.
But really, that is a minor point. The primary advantage is in my opinion the ability to filter email.
And a point I forgot to make in that regard is for people who *are* looking for jobs presently. It would be good if they could efficiently filter these postings.
And another related point is that *I* sure wouldn't mind being able to get ads in digests, whilst following the café normally. -- Alexander alexander@plaimi.net https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander