Hi Leo!
- Am I wrong? Are e-mail discussion lists a sustainable communication
channel for the foreseeable future?
- Are e-mail discussion lists an acceptable technology to people
joining the industry?
I find e-mail far preferable to slack-like things, certainly far preferable to web-like things in general. I have abandoned all social media in the interests of living a more pleasant life. E-mail for me is about all that is left. However, I am old and rubbish and I don't think the requirements of dinosaurs should drive decisions about the future of mammals.
I do think a simple comparison of the traffic on this list and the size of the community suggests that something is a bit out of whack. Maybe e-mail is a poor tool for discussions; maybe people have nothing to say; maybe a big audience is intimidating; maybe dinosaurs are annoying.
It seems very possible that the answer to these kinds of questions lie in sociology and not engineering.
Joe