Re: [OT] listserv recommendations

For what it's worth, my usenet server silently drops threads with [OT] in the Subject: line. But, for some unknown reason, it kept Martin's followup.

Here's a couple of my own listserv memberships:

Don't be misled by the self-effacing 101 name. Here's more candidates:

Yeah, some people like to make authoritative statements about things as if they know. Perhaps they think the rest of us are too dumb to know better.

I found a listserv after more research. After an inital post and receiving the response, I was auto-removed a few days later due to bounce backs. I checked for archives and there were none. The list was created but either misconfigured or never maintained.

I'm sure a list exists and unadvertised. You nailed it though.

Yeah, the thing for me lies in the fact that even popular forums don't usually draw many responses to questions. So, to me, even when a newsgroup has a handful of knowledgeable people reading and responding, what difference does it make? The engagement is there.

I have memberships across dozens of forums specializing in a wide array of interests. The evolution of everything else has led to an optimization of the usenet and listserv communiies, in my opinion. IRC and the BBS world counts. We are even seeing a resurgance of finger and people finding interesting ways to serve information using that simple protocol. Good times.

On usenet alone, I subscribe to dozens of active NG's. And even the inactive get responses. People simply don't post daily. Other NG's have simply died due to the discontinuity of google groups.

I have memberships of very active listservs across a variety of interests and they all involve tech.

There's an old listserv for gopher that I forgot about until someone rattled the cages and got the conversation going again.

Daniel sysop : air & wave bbs finger : snipped-for-privacy@bbs.erb.pw

Thank you for the links. It is exactly what I requested.

Daniel sysop : air & wave bbs finger : snipped-for-privacy@bbs.erb.pw

I've been in the game long enough to know. At this point I intend to lurk more than anything and read archives.

I'm in the middle of project building as we speak and having heaps of fun. I have yet to try a llm for anything other than memo proof reading for work or the occasional recipe.