<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Jim Abernathy <<a href="mailto:jfabernathy@outlook.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">jfabernathy@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Can someone explain this to me??<br class="gmail_msg">
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> The likely best answer is that while the email<br class="gmail_msg">
> list worked, some felt that enabling interaction<br class="gmail_msg">
> via a forum would be a positive step for the<br class="gmail_msg">
> community, so one was made available as a<br class="gmail_msg">
> choice. There is no one right way to interact,<br class="gmail_msg">
> and there is no plan to eliminate either. Not<br class="gmail_msg">
> everyone will choose to participate in all<br class="gmail_msg">
> locations, others will be active everywhere.<br class="gmail_msg">
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As the person that setup the forum, this is pretty much<br class="gmail_msg">
it. Some people like forums, some like email.<br class="gmail_msg">
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I have some future work planned for it, a major version<br class="gmail_msg">
upgrade and integration with a single sign on solution,<br class="gmail_msg">
which will allow social logins. The same SSO solution will<br class="gmail_msg">
also be done to the wiki, hopefully making things better<br class="gmail_msg">
for everyone!<br class="gmail_msg"></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't know that I have ever looked at the forums, but I do know that some forum software does have the capability to act as a mailing list as well (with wide variations in quality)</div><div><br></div><div>That would be the best of both worlds if you ask me. Something like google groups, where you can participate entirely via email if you desire, or use the browser.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It is a shame that the implementation of the forums has fragmented the community. Would be great to bring it back together if it were possible. </div></div></div>