[tor-bugs] #3592 [Website]: lack of web forums

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#3592: lack of web forums
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    Reporter:  cypherpunks  |       Owner:  phobos  
        Type:  defect       |      Status:  reopened
    Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:          
   Component:  Website      |     Version:          
  Resolution:               |    Keywords:          
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Comment(by atagar):

 > I think email integration is a bad idea. I want the forum community to
 grow on its own. We'll find moderators and other cluefull people that can
 answer questions and help others.

 This is setting the forum up for failure and I'm kinda confused why you're
 pushing so hard for it. There is no disadvantage to having a forum email
 list - it's transparent for forum user, and makes the forum manageable by
 tor developers (so questions actually have a chance of being answered).

 > Dear deity, I never wanted to link the forum to an existing mailing
 list, or any mailing list.

 This is sounding like we have very different goals. You want it as a
 support@ alternative and I want a forum frontend for the email lists to...

 - Attracting people who prefer that sort of interface.

 - Make public discussions more searchable. Search engines are awful at
 surfacing our email archives, but for some reason love forums and turn
 them into a natural FAQ. It also gives a much better browsing interface
 compared to the archive site.

 - Make it easier for people who only want to ask a few questions to do so
 in a public space. Subscribing to an email list, sending a question into
 the void, then unsubscribing after you get an answer sucks, which is why
 people don't do it and email tor-assistants@ instead.

 It sounds like executive decisions I very much disagree with are coming,
 so guess I'll stop trying to take a lead with this.

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