ADMIN: What if ClassicCmp were a blog?

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Wed Jan 15 23:47:45 2003

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:

> In my quest to cover every aspect, to think about every permutation of
> what ClassicCmp *could* be in the future, I have yet another question
> to ask ClassicCmp subscribers: What if ClassicCmp were a weblog, in
> the style of Slashdot or Kuro5hin?

No offense, but, bleaaargh!

Using a web browser vs any halfway decent text interface e-mail client
(or a newsreader) is extremely inefficient in terms of the time it takes
to read/followup to anything. There's no way I'd have the time to wade
through hundreds of messages each week using a graphical or a text web
browser like lynx.

Really, I don't mind the notion of there being web based forums with
relevant news items or events, but don't get rid of the mailing list.

I think the ideas of the registry and some sort of trade-zone are both
very good and would be better areas of focus for web-efforts.

-brian.
Received on Wed Jan 15 2003 - 23:47:45 GMT