Re: Gateway for VC Forum posts to csa2

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

D Finnigan wrote:
> David Schmidt wrote:
>> On 11/13/2012 3:46 PM, D Finnigan wrote:
>>> David Schmidt wrote:
>>>> On 11/13/2012 3:21 PM, D Finnigan wrote:
>>>>> I am considering writing a gateway to copy
>>>>> vintage-computer.com/vcforum
>>>>> posts to csa2 based on the RSS feed that is provided for the Apple II
>>>>> forum
>>>>> on the site. Any remarks on this idea?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not a fan.  I participate in lots of fora, VC being only one.  I'd
>>>> hate for csa2 to become the sewer into which any and all splinter
>>>> groups
>>>> drain.
>>>
>>> The quality of discussions on the VC Apple II forum struck me as being
>>> valuable (do you agree?), which is why I had the idea of gatewaying them
>>> into csa2.
>> 
>> Quality of discussion is one aspect to consider.  I agree, it is good on 
>> VC - there are others with good signal-to-noise ratios too, like 
>> AppleFritter and 68kmla - and I suspect there is a lot of overlap of 
>> participants, too.
>> 
>> I remain unswayed, though.  I assume the traffic would be 2-way, 
>> otherwise it would be highly unuseful.  I have no idea if Erik would 
>> want the extra incoming traffic, what that traffic would look like ("who 
>> is this 'usenet' fellow?") and so on.
> 
> I sent him a query email the other day and I'm waiting for a response.

Response is: Mr. Klein is afraid of the loss of control over posts coming
into his forum.

"It's a really good suggestion, but it's not something I can do right now."



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