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From: D Herring on 26 Apr 2010 16:03
On 04/26/2010 07:46 AM, o.jasper(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Nah, both lispforum.com and reddit.com/r/lisp show that we can have it
> spam free for free, without a newsreader. And not requiring a
> newsreader makes it more accessible to newbies aswel.

a) both of those are moderated
b) each requires a separate account, and neither works with a newsreader
c) noobs preferring web-based systems is a generational trend
d) it would be nice if there were a clean way to aggregate the web
forums -- aggregation was a prime motivation for usenet after all

- Daniel
From: Pascal J. Bourguignon on 26 Apr 2010 19:16
D Herring <dherring(a)at.tentpost.dot.com> writes:

> On 04/26/2010 07:46 AM, o.jasper(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> Nah, both lispforum.com and reddit.com/r/lisp show that we can have it
>> spam free for free, without a newsreader. And not requiring a
>> newsreader makes it more accessible to newbies aswel.
>
> a) both of those are moderated
> b) each requires a separate account, and neither works with a newsreader
> c) noobs preferring web-based systems is a generational trend
> d) it would be nice if there were a clean way to aggregate the web
> forums -- aggregation was a prime motivation for usenet after all


Don't worry, when they'll have to give a name/password for then 101th
time, even the newbie generation will eventuall be fed up and will
reinvent usenet. Of course, it will be much more complex, XML-based,
and require a massively parallel supercomputer to run at acceptable
speed. Nonetheless, they're bound to reinvent it.

--
__Pascal Bourguignon__
From: Raffael Cavallaro on 26 Apr 2010 19:42
On 2010-04-26 07:46:05 -0400, o.jasper(a)gmail.com said:

> Nah, both lispforum.com and reddit.com/r/lisp show that we can have it
> spam free for free, without a newsreader. And not requiring a
> newsreader makes it more accessible to newbies aswel.

Where "it" is a lisp forum that is not frequented by many of the
posters for whose views I read c.l.l

IOW, lispforum may be newbie friendly, but the disucssion there is, in
general, far less interesting than the discussion here.

--
Raffael Cavallaro

From: Tim X on 26 Apr 2010 22:53
pjb(a)informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

> D Herring <dherring(a)at.tentpost.dot.com> writes:
>
>> On 04/26/2010 07:46 AM, o.jasper(a)gmail.com wrote:
>>> Nah, both lispforum.com and reddit.com/r/lisp show that we can have it
>>> spam free for free, without a newsreader. And not requiring a
>>> newsreader makes it more accessible to newbies aswel.
>>
>> a) both of those are moderated
>> b) each requires a separate account, and neither works with a newsreader
>> c) noobs preferring web-based systems is a generational trend
>> d) it would be nice if there were a clean way to aggregate the web
>> forums -- aggregation was a prime motivation for usenet after all
>
>
> Don't worry, when they'll have to give a name/password for then 101th
> time, even the newbie generation will eventuall be fed up and will
> reinvent usenet. Of course, it will be much more complex, XML-based,
> and require a massively parallel supercomputer to run at acceptable
> speed. Nonetheless, they're bound to reinvent it.

You forgot to mention it will use SOAP, RPC and a plugin for facebook as
well as provide a twitter interface!

Tim

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tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
From: Rupert Swarbrick on 27 Apr 2010 01:58
Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro(a)pas.espam.s.il.vous.plait.mac.com>
writes:
> IOW, lispforum may be newbie friendly, but the disucssion there is, in
> general, far less interesting than the discussion here.

There might be a connection there...
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