Re: A bit meta

Two big problems with moving primary discussions off the mailing list are
discoverablility and community fracture.

Any new forum will mean another login, a new work flow, another slice of the
ever diminishing attention pie, and discussions that occur both on the
traditional site and the new site.  Some people will miss the big announcement
about the new forum.  There will be lots of cross-posting because people won't
know for sure which ones the people who need to be involved frequent.

For example, many years ago I missed a discussion about something I cared
about and only accidentally took notice when I saw a commit message in my
inbox.  When I asked about why the issue had never been mentioned on
python-dev, I was told that everything was hashed out in great detail on the
tracker.  I didn't even realize that I wasn't getting email notifications of
new tracker issues, so I never saw it until it was too late.

I've seen other topics discussed primarily on G+, for which I have an account,
but rarely pay attention too.  I don't even know if it's still "a thing".
Maybe everyone's moved to Slack by now.  How many different channels do I have
to engage with to keep track of what's happening in core Python?

This isn't GOML and I'm all for experimentation, but I do urge caution.
Otherwise we might just wonder why we haven't heard from Uncle Timmy in a
while.

Cheers,
-Barry
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