My $0.02 about becoming a newsgroup...
NO, NO, NO!
1. There is some measure of selectivity in a list.
Only seriously interested people go to the trouble of
subscribing. (I hate to think how many requests I'd have for a
PBEM if the whole world could play.)
2. There is some minor measure of copyright protection in a list.
Because we are self-selecting, and de-facto moderated, we are not
completely public. (I wouldn't trust this alone to hold or void
a copyright if you wanted to mail in a really neat adventure,
though.)
3. It's a lot harder for your system manager to cut off access to
your mail, than it is for her/him/it to cut off your newsfeed
(well, justifiably cut it off.)
One alternative (really radical alternative) I've considered:
Is there anyone out there with connections to GDW and/or Digest
Group? Why not, monthly, glean the best of the list, and make
it available to the readers of Challenge and Traveller's Digest?
(Plans and adventures cost extra, of course :-)
Whoever did this would get published, make a little pocket
change (very little. GDW pays 1/4 cent per word, Digest group
pays 1/2 cent per word, last time I checked), and maybe actually
get a fund going to download some of those files from Genie :-).
Richard Johnson
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