[tech] omnichannel discussions

[Alex // nytpu]

Instead of “worthwhile” I should've said “on-topic,” as in a mailing
list thread is expected to be at least tangentially related to gemini.

At some point mailing lists were decided to be more “serious,” and a
medium like IRC suited more for initial feedback. This stems from
software projects where they'd be dealing with patches and code review
on the ML and off-topic (or “low quality,” the criterion for which
depends on the project) discussion was frowned upon. Basically, there
are “formal” software mailing lists with very rigid culture and
guidelines, and that culture partially wafts over into mailing lists in
general.

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