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Bruce White 3807 <bw@WS029.TORREYPINESCA.NCR.COM> writes:
>> I think the only problem is that there is already an extropians
>> newsgroup - this one. It gets very little traffic.
>
>That's because its on bitnet, right?

Nah, its because the list is where the action is. As an example, the
cryonics mailing list has lots of activity, but the usenet list
sci.cryonics has very little. Its somewhat self fulfilling -- traffic
goes to where traffic is. However, lists have great advantages
besides.

Personally, I prefer the list format enormously -- among other things
it allows us to exclude people who flame and disrupt conversation. For
instance, you, Mr. White, made an attempt to be as disruptive as
possible, and in fact intentionally and deliberately attempted to
destroy the list, and we kicked you off. We can't do that on Usenet,
however. Because we can operate the mailing list as a private
community, its possible for us to handily eliminate such disruptions.

In any case, improvements that have been made to the list, such as
adding a digest form, and future contemplated technical improvements,
are all likely to reduce the defects associated with running via
maling list, such as excess inbox volume. That, and the enormous
advantage of being able to discipline people for being disruptive,
likely mean that for at least the next year or two the market is
likely going to continue to favor the mailing list.


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