Subject: Re: [stella] Status of Stellalist From: Glenn Saunders <mos6507@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:58:55 -0400 |
Russ, I know you are annoyed by people who just throw out "let's get out of this piece of crap!" messages at the drop of a hat. I admit that they are not productive. But let's not keep our heads in the sand either. Stellalist is becoming irrelevant. I have noticed that people are increasingly preferring to collaborate on homebrews on AtariAge, most of those people also being Stellalist members. Some of the newer crowd is much more active there than here or they may not even be subscribed. One guy even mentioned he had trouble figuring out HOW to subscribe. There are scant few messages here in relation to Hunchy 2 and M-4 for instance. Fred is also actively preferring bBasic discussions take place there rather than here... So the way I see it, the transition is already taking place, and in my opinion, what's best for the community is to consolidate eyeballs into one place rather than split it across two or more. None of the discussions here are out of place on AA anymore. There are plenty of hardcore tech discussions now that the forums have split up into subforums. It's getting confusing deciding where to post, or annoying when you decide to post in both places. I don't really see a disadvantage in switching as long as the entire Stellalist archive can be transplanted and AA adds the mailing list functionality. Access to the old messages is never going to completely go away under any circumstances. If there is some other benefit in maintaining stellalist indefinitely other than "tradition" then I'd like to here it. Having spent many hours collecting and maintaining a copy of the Stellalist archive, I have a sentimental feeling for the history of Stellalist, and I value the people here, but I have no sentimentality for Stellalist as an entity. It's just a mailing list, and these days I think people prefer something that does more than just that--or at least to post where they feel majority of the people they want to reach are reading. --- Russ Perry Jr <slapdash@xxxxxxx> wrote: > If you're going to go, go, but not based on this > email -- > just last week ZIP files got through unharmed, yes? > So > if it's Biglist's fault THIS time, somebody prove it > to me. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://stella.biglist.com
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