On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 02:30:49AM -0700, Jim Burton wrote:
Very timely! It's sad that haskell-cafe has so much noise now. I haven't been around very long at all but it has gone downhill dramatically even in the last 6 months
just look for the date of my first post... to improve the list, might i suggest - push chatter to IRC - take this service off of email entirely. try a web forum system (you may have to slum it and use php). i don't recommend nntp, that just forces us to use gmane since very few isps provide nntp now. a web forum would allow you to segment interest sections while retaining a global search etc. if you use code like slash, you can just moderate noise makers off the page. you can set up a yahoo group in ten minutes. - just get used to noise if indeed you want haskell to grow in popularity. use digest-mode, read on gmane, or use client email filters to remove individual noise generators - please don't split the lists, people will still just email cafe anyway, and it causes tension when a moderator-type continually asks them to take the issue to haskell-* - in the worst case, get volunteer moderators to filter submissions to the list. this will reduce traffic dramatically but also remove the immediacy of direct email. a web forum would probably be easier.