Re: Sending a bulk digest to a list from discourse is trickier than I'd thought

On 11/14/20 7:06 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> So just a stupid question I guess
>
> If there is a community member who doesn't use discourse and you want to
> loop them into a discussion, say via CC, as we do all the time with
> mailing lists.... is there a way to do that?
This is a missing essential feature.
>
> I ask bc I dont intend to move to discourse, and if the messages dont
> get broadcast here I guess I'm out. If someone wanted to CC me in on
> smtg tho (which happens) what is the mechanism for that or am I
> essentially between a "monitor yet another thing" and "get left out of
> stuff you probably need to be involved with occasionally" ?
>
> I just can't monitor yet another thing.
Many people suffering from this, especially for long term engagements
where communication is not very frequent, this is an issue.
>
> ~m
>
> On November 13, 2020 5:32:22 PM EST, Matthew Miller
> <mattdm@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> ... because while Discourse has a per-user digest feature, it doesn't have a
> non-user-associated way to send such a message. I considered setting up a
> dedicated account just for this purpose, but Smooge has talked me out of it.
>
> We've got several other options:
>
> 1. Just close the list with one final message.
>
> 2. Close the list and add an auto-response directing to the new location.
>
> 3. Close the list and post a message montly reminding people to migrate if
> they're still interested in following.
>
> 4. Develop something that uses the Discourse API to provide an automatic
> summary.
This seems like a better solution, especially if other Fedora
discussions will also take place on Discourse. Some relevant existing
plugins:
https://meta.discourse.org/t/chatroom-integration-plugin-discourse-chat-integration/66522
https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-mailing-list-mode-daily-summary/64761
https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-forward-plugin/83308
>
> 5. Other ideas?
Might also consider Loomio (https://github.com/loomio/loomio) as an
alternative to Discourse - it is setup to manage meetings and enhance
decision making. It has a useful email notification feature:
https://help.loomio.org/en/user_manual/users/email_settings/
It may be helpful to be able to comment by email on a topic to reduce
the barrier to engagement.
>
> My personal thought is option 2, but I'd like to hear what you all think.
>
> (I know I just said we should actually move where we're discussing things
> starting now, but this particular topic seems of most interest to current
> mailing list subscribers?)
>
>
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>
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