Hunter Peress wrote:
Now i've been ignored 2x in a row, and no one is even *capable* of knowing about it.
Are you sure? I mean, I know about it, right?
I read your Talk_media page, but I'm not sure what to make of it.
Your point about the superior threading abilities of a slashdot-style bbs system is a good one. It's a good point, no doubt.
But it doesn't strike me as a sufficient reason to abandon email entirely.
What I'm thinking about and proposing is that we address whatever problems people are having with the current mailing list setup in a way that isn't going to force those of us who like the status quo just fine to try to do something radically different.
And just opening up a BBS and telling people to use it if they like isn't likely to be very successful -- it would just fracture the existing discussions unnecessarily. Better to add some BBS-features somehow, for example via a Mailman-to-Usenet or Mailman-to-BBS gateway system.
Some people -- and count me among them -- aren't even *close* to wanting to change our ways.
--Jimbo