On 28 February 2010 20:33, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes – forget it. What you’ve done is good (the 2 domains available). > k o > What next? I’m not sure. Perhaps “branding” is not enough – how to > encourage some real value to the “product”? > Well, it is a start. I needed 12 months break from this topic after dealing with active modules. > Some people are a bit concerned about the high level static on ausDotNet – > an example would be the one I started a week ago, which has gone ape an > obscures real programming stuff that a few have posted. I wonder if the > unsubscribe rate has risen in the past month? > I doubt it. THere were more unsubs this month but that included silky. :) > Sometime last week I did posit that the current (.net) list might reflect > OT to some outer planet before rebounding the *on*-topic stuff to the list > subscribers. That could keep a few subscribers happy and still subscribing. > Your views? > I think you're cutting to the centre of something I suggested a year or two ago (and got lambasted for it) - which is a charter. I reckon we need one. Re OT posts there are a few points: 1. If we ban them I need to ride that pretty hard. 2. Having an 'OT' list has/always will fail because it fragments the community. 3. We can tell people to use rules BUT a not-insignificant group of people will always think the list is 'too hard' to deal with if it requires end user action to stop OT posts. > Personally, I don’t see OT as a huge nuisance – and I’d guess there are a > few others like Greg Low who are mildly interested in some of the posts, and > happy not to contribute to the particular OT. (Of course, GL contributes > very positively on his special areas of knowledge). > *shrugs* I think it is a horses for courses thing. Some people get their backs up immediately on OT posts, others love them , others don't care, others are interested. > Moreover, it’s impossible to keep a valid .net or coding subject from > straying – and constricting to even suggest that people should keep to the > subject. > > While I’m happy / resigned to no web forum ↔ list harmony, it would be nice > at some future time to use the new domain to establish a forum on which a > variety of relevant and tangential stuff might be deposited. > I agree - so long as it does not result in community fragmentation. David. > > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia > > _______________________________________________ > admin mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/admin > > -- David Connors ([email protected]) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
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