Does an open source project need a news group?

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I open-sourced a tool I created to scratch an itch. From the downloads for the installer on the project page I can see I'm not the only one interested. About 5 people seem to have upgraded from the previous version. But I know next to nothing about them.

Do I need a news group? A mailing list? Or how would you start to build a (little) community?

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