i definitely think that to rise up Haskell popularity we need now to create web forum.
I disagree with this. I don't like web forums, I don't use web forums if I can avoid it. They're way more work than mailing lists.
And I disagree with you. I don't like mailing lists, and I don't use them if I can avoid it. They're way more work than web forums. For the end user at least, if perhaps not for the administrator. ;-) It is much easier to keep conversations in context in a forum, and to search for old conversations. It's all there, all the time. It is also easy to create sub-groups/forums for specific projects, which will both increase their accessibility for the rest of the community, and draw the interest of new developers. A mailing list will never be enough. A forum has way way more potential. /Niklas