I'm responding to two postings at once here, in order to save
some effort. I'd like to add an informed opinion here (I'll put my
qualifications at the end).
In message: [email removed] Bart Massey writes:
>
>So, this list is pretty successful -- I'm seeing at least 40 messages a
>week, and no sign of a letup in sight. Maybe it's time to make this thing a
>Usenet newsgroup,
> [...]
An understandable question. Not surprising, either. Not altogether
desirable, either, IMHO.
In message: [email removed] Metlay writes:
>
>This is a dissenting opinion. On Usenet, the bandwidth would instantly
>multiply by a factor of ten, and
Not quite that bad, but it *would* be ugly.
>(a) if James were moderating things he'd be buried
Yes! He certainly would. Also, if he was moderating a public
newsgroup as opposed to a mailing list, his support would go to hell.
Sure, *we'd* still be there, but there'd always be some twit who'd
decide to aim some snide commentary at James just because something
didn't suit *him*. Nobody needs that. Trust me. I know.
>(b) if James weren't moderating things this group wouldn't be worth reading.
Yup. This is quite true.
As I said, I know. I know from my own *personal* experience. A
couple of years ago, I was a newsgroup moderator. I (along with two
others) moderated the sources and binaries groups for the Amiga. I was
the one who usually got to deal with the mail, in addition to testing
and posting the software. From what I read, it seemed to be impossible
to please *anyone*. It wasn't that bad, but moderating a low-traffic
group like comp.sources.amiga took a *lot* of work. The amount of work
James would have to put in if he were moderating this as a newsgroup
would be at least an order of magnitude worse. Eventually, we (my co-
moderators and I) had to drop it due to lack of time, and we were
working for a *university*. James has a real job (hence, less time).
Bottom line? I agree with Metlay. Keep this as a mailing list.
Look on the bright side... Mail doesn't expire like news postings, so
if you're gone for a while, you won't miss anything, eh?
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