Re: [OT, Meta] Benefits of the Lua mailing list

[v <v19930312@...>]

On Fri, 2020-02-21 at 17:10 -0300, 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?
> 

Fact that it is the correct place to report about bugs and discuss
various aspects of Lua ecosystem. SO is not for this by design.
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