Mailing Lists: Why Are They Still Here, What's Wrong With Them, and How Can We Fix Them?

Mailing lists have existed since the early days of email and are still widely used today, even as more sophisticated online forums and social media websites proliferate. The simplicity of mailing lists can be seen as a reason for their endurance, a source of dissatisfaction, and an opportunity for i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ackerman, Mark S., Karger, David R., Zhang, Amy Xian
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100511
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9462-9835
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-5847