On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM, .alyn.post.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 02:49:27PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Okay, pros and cons for moving such discussions to their own list (feel
> free to add your own):
>
> Pros:
> People who aren't interested in the discussions won't see them, because
> they won't be subscribed to that list.
> Newbies won't be discouraged from learning Lojban due to seeing long,
> technical, abstruse discussions.
>
> Cons:
> People who are interested in the discussions will need to subscribe to a
> new list, and post those kind of topics exclusively on that list.
>
Add to the con: it won't always be clear that a discussion that
starts on the main list will turn into a longer conversation that
should have been on this proposed list.
> Based on just what I have above, we should have a "lojban-theory" list.
> I'd make it myslef, but that would mean I'd be subscribed to it, and I'm
> one of the uninterested people.
>
Protip: You have to summarize the thread, not just restate your own
pro/con argument in a new format.