On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Wayne Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Somebody mentioned a while ago that there are currently two Brin Lists, > three if you count David's blog. Was an argument about the list's format > the reason for the split? I had a look at the site for the other list > yesterday and I note that the volume of posts there is pretty light > compared > to here. The "other" list was started by a person who was so disruptive, including trying to hack into my server, that he was banned from the list. He is the only person we have banned, as far as I know (other than some spammers who tried to post right after joining). I can't even think of anybody else we have ever put on moderation (although all new users are automatically moderated until we feel confident that they are not just spammers and such). I'm not sure exactly what David B.'s attitude is toward the other list, but he is subscribed, albeit filtered, to this one. David only sees messages whose subject starts "Brin:". > > William you are member of both, and you plug the weekly chat forum is that > a > fourth Brin List? A chat isn't a list and vice versa. > > Is binary fission the answer to list longevity I wonder? If there were 20 > Brin Lists each claiming to be the original, you might imagine that at > least > one would find the right formula and continue on into the distant future. This one has been around far longer than any other. Its future rests mostly in the hands of the participants. My attitude has always been to err on the side of letting the community regulate itself. Now if I could just get PHP to work properly on the serve, I'd be most of the way to getting the blog mirror working. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
