[Coco] Re: bit.listserv VS. these moderated lists

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/21/05 11:58:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
chazbeenhad at hotmail.com writes:

>Manny, I wish coco fans would learn to use FORUMS.
>Nice web  interfaces, organized and pretty.
>But what do I know  :-)



Nice looking, SLOW, clunky, error-prone Web interfaces.  
With lots of ads in the sidebars loaded along with the content, in order to  
make it even slower.
 
Mailing lists, with their pure ASCII, are much more efficient in use of  
computer resources, as well as human resources (as in: your time).  
 
I know how clunky Web-based discussions systems are from using Goggle's  
Netnews interface (more below), and some music forums.
 
And why have I tried Google's new reader?  Because AOL shut down its  Netnews 
newsgroup service.  In fact, I read some posts on Gogle to the  effect that 
Netnews is dying off -- fewer and fewer sites want to support it,  since no 
money can be made off it.  I really miss newsgroups -- been using  them since the 
early '80s -- but there seemed to be fewer and fewer worthwhile  posts on the 
ones I was following anyway.  And yes, the spammers have found  them.
 
With newsgroups dying, this bit.listserv stuff sounds like a place to  
migrate away from, not to.  Dennis' list works just fine for me, just like  the old 
Princeton reflector.  If he needs funds to keep it up, we will pay  for it.  
But I don't think anything we could do will keep newsgroups alive  much longer.
--Mike K.