Re: Is the party over?

On 2012-04-16, Sampo Syreeni <decoy_at_iki.fi> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 11:49?am, Roy Hann <specia..._at_processed.almost.meat> wrote:
>> I know Usenet has been pretty effectively hobbled if not completely
>> killed off, but the conversations/squabbles that used to get
>> aired here on c.d.t. must still go on somewhere.
>>
>> Where?
>> --
>> Roy
>
> I see two directions, technology-wise. Either we go to the old tech,
> which is some combination of IRC and mailing lists. Or we go with the
> newer tech, which is a group or some simulacrum of it, using either
> Facebook or Google Plus.

<snip to save space>

> I'd advocate going to a public mailing list, even if it's old tech.
> Perhaps as an interim measure, but still. Preserving everybody''s
> (Google's as well) archives of the group, merging them to a single
> comprehensive archive, distributing that archive back to multiple
> people (I'd be more than willing to carry one of the copies), then
> migrating the discussion elsewhere, and finally after a period of time
> gracefully shutting the Usenet group down altogether.

Anything you may want to set up is at the mercy of a change of mind from an owner and a hosting organisation. How often are you prepared to start all over again? What if the owner starts excluding people? Who looks after the archive updates, and how many copies are enough? Is it really worth all this for just this group? And if it is all set up can you guarantee that any more people will want to use it than are here now?

Actually, the question was "Where did the conversations go?", not "Where should the conversations go?", and the only answers we have had to that are the TTM mailing list and nowhere. The former is a bit too specialised, and the latter unhelpful, even if true.

Eric

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