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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Alternatives to mailing list?
From: keisial@gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C1ngel_Gonz=E1lez?=)

On 17/10/12 11:43, Pierre Joye wrote:
> It is about hi jacking discussions with totally irrelevant topics,
> repetitive, nonconstructive posts in rows, in all possible ways.

The issue is that the proposed solution (a forum) does not solve
irrelevant topics being mixed into a discussion about a different topic.
It can be even worse, since many forums are single-threaded, and I haven't
seem a threaded forum with good usability.

Using a mailing list it *can* be done efficiently. Changing subjects
when appropiate,
not breaking the threads, etc. (Plus usage of smart tools, as has
already been mentioned).
But it needs the people participating in the discussion to collaborate
in that. In
the end, it is a social problem.