With so many mailing lists already devoted to art, media, politics, theory, what is the point of yet another discussion forum?
Mailing lists tend to favor an essay-type style of writing and/or a statement-rebuttal type of communication because of their linear structure. Discordia uses the blog structure and different sections to encourage shorter posts and different styles of communication. Since this structure enables prioritizing, it should also be easier to follow and combine various topics. Another thing – if you’re as overwhelmed by mailing lists constantly bombarding your inbox as some of us are, we hope you’ll appreciate the way you can come and go to Discordia at your leisure. It’s sort of like one of those hot/cold media differentiations. Mailing list posts come to you; with a weblog, you go to it.
