It's really a matter of having different places for different things. ‣ The Lua discord seems the best place to just chat about the language and not have to wait for ages to get an answer. ‣ Stack Overflow is a neat place to look for questions that have already been asked, specially the more typical beginner questions. ‣ The subreddit is sadly almost dead, but the format is essentially like a mailing list but with upvotes. But there's a few things that make the mailing list unique: • Mailing lists have a bit of an oldschool feel to them these days, which I enjoy • Call me paranoid, but I like having local copies of stuff on my PC. Stack overflow can be taken down one day, but the mailing list archive can easily be replicated and saved offline. • I know this sounds a bit mean, but the higher barrier to entry keeps the kids out. I don't mind helping people who actually want to learn, but when you read "I have an idea for a roblox game who wants to build it for me?" for the 100th time, you get a bit tired of it. • This and reddit are the only places where people write long walls of text. Sure, short answers are nice when you have a specific problem and just want it fixed, but when discussing detailed aspects of a programming language, it's nice to read what people think in detail. • It's free of memes. • People here don't (usually) write it "LUA" On 21/02/2020 21:10, Soni "They/Them" L. wrote: > What are some benefits of posting on the Lua mailing list instead of > places like stackoverflow? > > Some of the ones I can think of include: > > - The Lua mailing list doesn't have advertisements, other than the > occasional spam or self-promotion. Still, the Lua mailing list doesn't > have paid advertisement slots, "you get an ad every N emails" or any > of that. (at least as far as I can tell.) > - The Lua mailing list doesn't track you. Even if it does collect your > emails, it doesn't track your time spent reading or writing them or > anything like that. > - The Lua mailing list doesn't try to gamify assistance. There's no > incentive to farm any sort of points on the Lua mailing list. > - Email signatures. > > What (else) brings you here? >
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