# Culture and Habits of Mailing Lists and Forums? Are they reconcilable?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/culture-and-habits-of-mailing-lists-and-forums-are-they-reconcilable/15679>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年 5 月 15 日午後 4:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/culture-and-habits-of-mailing-lists-and-forums-are-they-reconcilable/15679 "2014-05-15T16:29:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2014 年 5 月 15 日午後 6:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/culture-and-habits-of-mailing-lists-and-forums-are-they-reconcilable/15679/3 "2014-05-15T18:46:26Z")

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The “invite” button at the bottom of every topic, and the “invite” tab on your user page (with a button as well) are exactly this functionality. Try them out!

You do need to be trust level 2 or staff to invite though.

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