[ExI] lists going quiet, was: RE: list test

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> Speak for yourself. The two darknet projects I'm associated with
> get a lot of work done. None of my nontechnical/community mailing
> lists (including this one) get any work done.
>

Invalid comparison.  Nontechnical/community mailing lists aren't about
getting work done.  There are many technical lists that get work done
without being darknets - and once they have developed something for others
to use, they can freely put the tool in the hands of complete strangers,
letting that many more people benefit from their work.

Further, the larger ones keep attracting new talent to push the work
forward faster.  Which is more likely to make an AI: 5 people who fall to
groupthink and pound at one idea for a decade, or 100 people (out of a
10,000 member list, but only 1% actually do much) who test out different
approaches?
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