Davis Sickmon
2013-09-12 06:19:36 UTC
Ahh, mailing lists - almost a thing of the past. I say almost, as there's still a number of them around, but the traffic levels slowly fall off as they've lost out to forums and social media.
Right now, SWEng-GameDev has 2099 members still, though the last posting on here was in March. It's not uncommon for this list to go a couple months without traffic (see the list archives for examples of that), but it's gotten quiet enough I've finally decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a while: create a Facebook group and a Google Plus community to bring it into a slightly more modern platform. Just to be clear: I'm not closing the list, just providing a new avenue for existing members to continue to enjoy the conversations as a part of other workflows :-)
Same rules apply for the Facebook / Google Plus group as on here - no spam, no flaming, semi-on topic posts, no beginning programming posts, etc. Basically, a semi-professional to professional discussion about software engineering.
Both groups are closed groups to help keep down the number of spammers, etc., and hopefully continue to have a good signal-to-noise ratio (I've already ran into some Facebook game dev groups that have become useless due to open join policies.) Just hit the group on your preferred social network (or both, if you're so inclined) and you'll be added within a day or so! :-)
So, the lists:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/
Google - https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228
I'll probably repeat this message twice more - one in two or three weeks, and one in two or three weeks after that on. Beyond that, I'll just be adding it to the subscription page.
Hope to see you all on the new groups :-)
Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr
Midnight Ryder Technologies
List Administrator for a freakin' decade - wow this list is old (and that's just how long it's been on my server! ;-)
Right now, SWEng-GameDev has 2099 members still, though the last posting on here was in March. It's not uncommon for this list to go a couple months without traffic (see the list archives for examples of that), but it's gotten quiet enough I've finally decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a while: create a Facebook group and a Google Plus community to bring it into a slightly more modern platform. Just to be clear: I'm not closing the list, just providing a new avenue for existing members to continue to enjoy the conversations as a part of other workflows :-)
Same rules apply for the Facebook / Google Plus group as on here - no spam, no flaming, semi-on topic posts, no beginning programming posts, etc. Basically, a semi-professional to professional discussion about software engineering.
Both groups are closed groups to help keep down the number of spammers, etc., and hopefully continue to have a good signal-to-noise ratio (I've already ran into some Facebook game dev groups that have become useless due to open join policies.) Just hit the group on your preferred social network (or both, if you're so inclined) and you'll be added within a day or so! :-)
So, the lists:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/
Google - https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228
I'll probably repeat this message twice more - one in two or three weeks, and one in two or three weeks after that on. Beyond that, I'll just be adding it to the subscription page.
Hope to see you all on the new groups :-)
Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr
Midnight Ryder Technologies
List Administrator for a freakin' decade - wow this list is old (and that's just how long it's been on my server! ;-)