Message-ID: <52929A16.4020501@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-11-25T00:30:14Z
From: Monte Milanuk
Subject: Should there be an R-beginners list?
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1311241203140.18596@salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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.