[TriEmbed] triembed mailing list vs...

[Scott Hall]

I don't have an account on Reddit, and probably never will (Twitter &
Facebook and the like are also out).  Personally I still prefer email.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Alex Davis via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Any thoughts on using something like a public or private reddit.com
> subreddit for triembed.org?
>
> Advantages:
> - free (at reddit.com's whim, but not likely to change anytime soon)
> - easier to admin
> - can share with others who have a related interest easily
> - supports things like sidebar and 'sticky' top-posts, to update people
> on things like meeting times
> - more 'hip' and in tune with the 'young folks'
>
> Disadvantages:
> - not email-based (can use RSS feeds though)
> - not fully under our control (but then again, neither is DNS, L3, spam
> whitelists etc...)
>
> I personally have no problem with email, but then again, I also remember
> USENET. Young people aren't that big on email and probably have no idea
> what USENET is. They do like apps (there's a Reddit app) and they like
> using their phones.
>
> I think something like reddit might help us reach a wider audience and
> encourage more young people to join. What do you think?
>
> PS
> I used to run my own mail and web server for matrixwide.com using an
> OpenBSD-based LAMP setup. I got tired of patching the OS, patching
> wordpress, dealing with HW issues, dealing with ever-growing and
> -changing BS with spam and spam filters. Years back I gave up on that
> and just pay fastmail.com to host email for my domain. Well worth the
> money to no longer have to worry about it.
>
> PPS
> There is a general reddit subgroup already for embedded stuff:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/embedded/
>
> --
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> You won't find me on Facebook.
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Scott G. Hall
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