On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 12:18:37PM -0600, Keith Medcalf wrote: > >The thing that mailing lists lack is a central directory of their > >existence. The discovery problem is a pretty big one. > > Where is this to be found for webforums? I have never seen one. Or do > you think Google is such a master index? Can you please pose your > Google query that you think results in a comprehensive index of *all* > webforums? > > Or is your comment nothing more that you noticing that NEITHER e-mail > lists NOR webforums have a master index, which is a rather useless > observation that would indicate that webforums have zero advantage > over mailing lists in this regard, so what is the point of the > whataboutism?
In the context of the discussion, I expect the point is that Usenet had such functionality. This is a significant feature advantage. As are a bunch of other things pointed out earlier today. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"-Asimov
