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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by jayd16 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:58PM (#25753549)
And email solves that? Or you are suggesting both chat and email do not solve the issue?
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by gregmac on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:54PM (#25754416)
Yes, I'm saying neither chat nor email solve this issue.

Email is far worse, in fact, because:

* Everyone has a unique view

* Unless there are lots of cc-everyone style emails, you might not even have anything to find. (And cc-everyone sucks for 100 other reasons.)

* You can't find anything predating the start of your employment

The biggest issue with searching both chat and email is the absence of a result doesn't help: it's possible it was a private chat, or an email chain that you weren't a part of, but there's no way to tell.

(Side note: A very locked-down wiki isn't any better, but that's a conscious decision rather than default.)

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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by pseudalopex on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:19PM (#25754742)
Mailing lists exist.
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by twobitshifter on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:03AM (#25762042)
Mailing lists are not heavily used outside of free software. In the corporate world I’ve never had a project provide a mailing list to be used for discussions.
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by pseudalopex on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:13AM (#25762916)
Tools exist even if you don't use them.

Many companies use Outlook groups. Those are mailing lists.

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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by twobitshifter on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:39AM (#25763314)
Not in the sense that they’re searchable / archived on a listserv.
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Re:If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a c... by pseudalopex on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:37PM (#25770126)
They are. Are you thinking of distribution lists?
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