On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 06:36:49 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
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>On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Eugene Leitl wrote:
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>> Or what http://www.kurzweilai.net/ does?
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>That site is so over-engineered it borders on unusable at times (IMHO).
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>> How are you going to get people to contribute magnet content,
>> to get other people to contribute, making it a sustainable process?
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>The problems is even though many extropians like to think of
>themselves as early-adopters and flexible, we really aren't.
>Most people on the list are comfortable with email format.
>The people that can't deal with the volume (those that would
>perhaps like a /. interface) simply aren't on the list --
>once you lose them its difficult to get them back.
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>I regularly peruse /. and nanodot and post less to them than
>to the extropian list because the overhead is higher. The
>same was true with javien forums (though the conversation
>sorting made it a very appealing in some ways). One thing
>that email has above /. is a relatively "real time"
>interface and ease of following "conversations". To
>get that with /. you have to install a headline scroller.
>The last time I looked into this it looked more than a
>little difficult. If we wanted to try /. again, one
>of the essential components should be distributions of
>headline scrollers that worked on Windows, Linux & perhaps
>the Mac.
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>What is needed is an integration of /. and mailing lists
>with an visual interface that can be switched between a
>/. view and a forum view.
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>I think it is rumored that some of the integration between /. and
>mailing lists may become available in the next release of the /. code.
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>Robert
>From a technical standpoint, of course the extropian list should be
converted to slashcode--it is a far superior format. However...it will
not be converted. Has everyone forgotten that this list is moderated
in a fashion? I refer to the fact that all new subscribers must have a
mailing address and an email addy that is paid for (i.e., no free web
mail accounts are allowed).
This practice is meant to, I assume, prevent hit and run trolls that
would demolish the list with a torrent of personal attacks, etc.
(although I daresay many would account me a troll for my embarrassing
pokings-into of the unsavory relationship between immigration, open
borders, propaganda, and the social contract...)..
And of course, since the list is an asset for the Extropian Institute,
an organization positioning itself as both an avant garde mouthpiece
for business philosophy and a nascent thinktank , it makes perfect
sense to keep the list on a leash.
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