[Web4lib] Are e-mail discussion lists still relevant?

[K.G. Schneider]

> Just a comment to that - use RSS - then you don't have to visit blogs,
> wikis, and web forums individually. With RSS, everything comes to you in
> one
> place ... just like an email list.
> 
> Just sayin.

If you are engaging with peers, colleagues, friends, family, etc. (rather
than simply having things "come to you"), then RSS is not quite as
effective. It may point you to ongoing conversations but you will still have
to use another tool to participate. 

I have found myself disengaging with RSS in some instances and going back to
email because it was a more effective tool. That even includes some
"read-only" behavior, such as commits for an open source project, news
flashes, etc. 

Karen G. Schneider

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