Should there be an R-beginners list?
On 11/24/2013 12:04 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Yihui Xie wrote:
Mailing lists are good for a smaller group of people, and especially good when more focused on discussions on development (including bug reports). The better place for questions is a web forum.
I disagree. Mail lists push messages to subscribers while web fora require one to use a browser, log in, then pull messages. Not nearly as convenient. Rich
With the StackOverflow model, you can either view the list of posts related to a specific tag via RSS, or subscribe for email notification of new updates on that topic. Add in the added bonus of the ability to moderate and/or cull spam and redundant questions, etc. and the targeted focus of a SO-type forum increases dramatically IMHO.