On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 2:16 AM Paul A Bristow via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
As one no longer in the first flush of youth (and I suspect a target of this barb 😉 ), I'm not sure that this is the most important issue.
My point is that the technical discussions (including the formal reviews) on the mailing list are a wonderful resource that casual observers have no way to see because it is locked up behind a mailing list. Boost can't leverage these discussions by linking to them in a news feed, highlighting popular discussions, attaching flair based on their participation, and so on and so forth. Imagine if StackOverflow was a mailing list instead. Yes I realize that there are mirrors but that is not even close to the same thing. The Boost organization has no editorial control over a mirror, and it isn't even under a domain that has brand recognition. Regards