From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Dec 23 12:10:25 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 23 Dec 2002 20:10:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 44661 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2002 20:10:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Dec 2002 20:10:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Dec 2002 20:10:24 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18QYu8-0006sU-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:10:24 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18QYtz-0006sB-00; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:10:15 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com ([66.68.125.184] ident=root) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18QYtp-0006s1-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 12:10:05 -0800 Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (asdf@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gBNKFvfp002606 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:15:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from fracture@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com) Received: (from fracture@localhost) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id gBNKFup5002605 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:15:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:15:56 -0600 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: BPFK: Call for volunteers: discussion board setup Message-ID: <20021223201556.GA2478@allusion.net> References: <200212231507.KAA27409@mail2.reutershealth.com> <631C4373-169A-11D7-85B5-000393629ED4@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="17pEHd4RhPHOinZp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <631C4373-169A-11D7-85B5-000393629ED4@uic.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-archive-position: 3634 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: fracture@allusion.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Jordan DeLong From: Jordan DeLong Reply-To: fracture@allusion.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 18100 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 11:17:17AM -0600, Steven Belknap wrote: > There is information about the slashdot engine at=20 > http://slashcode.com/. This would appear to meet the requirements for a=20 > thread-oriented discussion engine. [ I originally sent this to jboske, where Nick was wondering if it would be better due to the insane volume there right now. I could stand a usenet thing, but I think most of these 'permanence' arguments are bogus. Mail is probably best---ya'll should just get better clients if you don't have thread views. ] Slashdot sucks. Both the site and the message board program. I prefer mail. Having huge, extremely deep and nested slashdot-style threads is not going to have any help on the amount of volume. Things will still be repeated and such because whenever there's this much volume no one realistically (except maybe AndR) is going to be reading every single word. If you want better organization I suggest that we use better Subject: headings and that you get a mail client which can display things in a threaded view (if you don't have one already). Of course, a few of these jboskepre use shitty clients (please upgrade or don't use web-based shit) which don't send In-reply-to headers so some messages won't properly thread (you are one of these people Nick ;) ). If you want more permanence I don't think a /. style thing will really help either, because there'll be so many comments that the amount of permanence is not going to matter (think the yahoogroups archive, or (better) robin's indented-thread archive of the lojban-list thing. No one *ever* looks there before spewing to the lists). Furthermore, a /. thing will require using a webbrowser for this stuff, which sucks ass. Ok I'm done now. fa'o --=20 Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u sei la mark. tuen. cusku --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline [Attachment content not displayed.] --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--