I assume many have muted or are ignoring the "thankspam" thread, but it has changed topic rather meaningfully, and I think it deserves broader attention. A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Luis Villa &lt;lvilla(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Better thankspam To: Wikimedia Mailing List &lt;wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Andy Mabbett &lt;andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk&gt; wrote: Very short answer is "that mailing lists are an awful user experience for most people". Longer, but still very partial, list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discourse#What_we.27d_gain_.28user_experien… I'll add more there at some point, but probably not today. Luis -- Luis Villa Sr. Director of Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation *Working towards a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org