I can only speak for myself, but I stayed away from mailing lists when I was a 'newb' because they seemed strange and technical. This is also back at a time when I did not use email very often.
I think that how much you use email is closely related to how much you like mailing lists. As someone who checks email every day, I am very partial to mailing lists, it allows me to monitor everything that comes through the list. Forums hurt my eyes a bit more, and often I can't figure out which threads have valuable information. But there was a time when I used forums a lot more than email. I read everything that would go through my favorite forums, and keeping track of threads was much easier. Ultimately, I think that having an email list and a stack-overflow is just fine. If we had forums we would need knowledgeable people to read every thread that got created (or at least every thread that got created in their particular sub-forum). Right now I'm not sure there are enough people ready to read the forum. I wouldn't read a forum, I'm only on this list because it's convenient through email for me. And I don't see why there can't be an unofficial tor forum. If you want one so badly make it yourself, and see if people populate it. If the forum you make gains enough traction on its own, I'm sure it would gain official support. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
