Hi Sage, It looks like the same text, and has the same last updated date, as the Haskell Discourse TOS. I think it is the default text provided by Discourse for the free hosting.
I don't think anyone has the time or expertise to rewrite it, but I'm sure specific items could be looked at if they are a barrier to participating. best wishes Stephen https://discourse.haskell.org/tos https://blog.discourse.org/2018/11/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/ On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 4:24 AM Sage Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > Also: Apologies. That came off as rude. No offense intended. > > But I have to ask, who wrote the ToS? Who is "the company" in its > context? Discord? One of the Racket team's universities? A sponsor? > > On 11/21/21 11:20 PM, Sage Gerard wrote: > > Thanks for letting us know. When should people expect to unsubscribe? > > > > I read the ToS, privacy policy, and thoughts. Hard pass. > > > > On 11/21/21 1:09 PM, 'John Clements' via Racket Users wrote: > >> TL;DR: Go to > >> > >> https://racket.discourse.group/invites/okLTSrQw1T > >> > >> and sign up for Racket Discourse (https://racket.discourse.group/) > >> > >> # Thoughts behind the move: > >> > >> Over time, it has become steadily more apparent that email-only > >> mailing lists are an outdated communication medium for the Racket > >> community. More recent arrivals in our community have generally > >> chosen other platforms like slack or discord to carry on discussions. > >> As a result, the signal-to-noise ratio of the racket users mailing list > >> has dropped below the level of viability. > >> > >> In short, it’s time to give up on the mailing list. > >> > >> After a good deal of research, it looks like there’s room for a whole > >> bunch of discussion platforms for Racket, but it also seems as though > >> there should be a “permanent” one; it should be archived, it should be > >> searchable in its entirety, and it should not tie us to someone else’s > >> plan to monetize user data. > >> > >> Given these criteria, the winner is Discourse, an open-source > >> messaging platform built by Jeff Atwood, Robin Ward, and Sam > >> Saffron. It has a reasonable business model (they host projects like > >> ours unless they get really big, whereupon you can either host it > >> yourself or pay them to do it); it’s widely used by other language > >> communities; and it appears to do most of what we want. > >> > >> # So where can I sign up? > >> > >> Sign up here: https://racket.discourse.group/invites/okLTSrQw1T > >> > >> The discourse platform has been in a “soft opening” phase for about > >> two weeks now, since RacketCon, and we have about a hundred users. > >> You’re receiving this message because we’d like to have *YOU* there > >> as well. > >> > >> # Can I still receive messages like a mailing list? > >> > >> Yes, you can. I have it enabled myself! > >> To use discord as a mailing-list: > >> Sign up, go to Preferences > Email, and tick “Enable mailing list mode'. > >> > >> Yours, > >> > >> John Clements & Stephen De Gabrielle > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Racket Users" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > >> send an email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/9d080367-1b70-4818-8e76-8c6714db404c%40mtasv.net > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/a07b931b-3a0a-0a29-0582-e899aa335130%40sagegerard.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAGHj7-%2B%3DFL%3DPLN7O2TBCSgSxcEjD8Kzjxcm1koSag4ss%2BggaNQ%40mail.gmail.com.
