alt Hacker NewsI am neutral in this particular topic, so don’t think I’m defending or attacking or anything.
But aren’t mailling lists and distribution groups pretty ubiquitous?
I am neutral in this particular topic, so don’t think I’m defending or attacking or anything.
But aren’t mailling lists and distribution groups pretty ubiquitous?
But - from the people you actually want to get to contribute - emails come with an expectation of a well thought out text. IMs ... less so.
I've been working across time zones via IM and email since ... ICQ.
I'm probably biased by that but I consider email the place for questions lists and long statuses with request for comments, and for info that I want retained somewhere. While IM is a transient medium where you throw a quickie question or statement or whine every couple hours - and check what everyone else is whining about.