[ExI] The entropy of Extropy-Chat

Giulio Prisco giulio at gmail.com
Tue Mar 2 18:42:43 UTC 2010


But all attempts at moving an existing mailing list to a web forum
have been a flop, at least all those I am aware of.

Wave is very promising and very powerful, but still very beta and
poorly understood.

G.

2010/3/2 Jeff Davis <heavensblade23 at gmail.com>:
>
>> I fully agree on both points.
>>
>> To expand a little on the subject, it should also perhaps be added that
>> other H+ lists are not in a much better shape, and that while I am still
>> fond myself of this medium, in comparison with other more fashionable ones,
>> mls in general are not exactly the rage of the day.
>
>
> Mailing lists and to some degree e-mail in general are anachronistic at this
> point.  More often than not lists that were very active in the 1990s are in
> severe decline at this point.  Young people are using e-mail less and less
> in favor of more immediate forms of communication.
>
> Web forums can still be successful if you can get reach a critical mass of
> posters and content.
>
>
>
> --
> "This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be
> other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be
> based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers.
> We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can
> oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers.."
> - William S. Burroughs
>
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