10 hours ago
- The Redis mailing list with 6700 members is being moved to Reddit, though the list will still exist for announcements and critical info.
- The mailing list is not as vital as it should be, with repetitive questions and important topics often overlooked.
- Twitter shows that people have moved away from email, but it's unsuitable for in-depth discussions.
- Reddit is chosen because it has a voting system to highlight quality content, a sidebar for FAQs, and gamification features.
- The plan is to take over the /r/redis subreddit and modify it to accept only comment submissions, eventually making Reddit the primary discussion forum.
- This is an experiment; if it fails, they may return to the mailing list or try Discourse.
- Email is no longer scalable for community discussions due to the volume of messages.