[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:          
      Parent:               |      Points:          
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Comment(by runa):

 Replying to [comment:27 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.

 Please don't. If you think email integration is a good idea, other people
 want it, and you're going to maintain all of it anyways; go for it. If it
 fails, we fix it. If it succeeds, great!

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