reflected mailing lists?

From: Peter Metcalfe, CAPE Canty <CHEN190_at_cantva.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 22:15:16 +1300


Alex Ferguson:

David Gadbois had written thus:

>> Note that I am not
>> in favor of a dumb mail exploder, since the digest format does impose
>> a sort of formal baseline that you just don't get from a constant
>> stream of messages.

>This may be true, to some small extent. But I'm skeptical as to what
>extent this effects Quality, particularly when the evidence is so
>non-existent, and the arguments why it even might are so slight.

hmm. A repeat of the Great Moose Debate with a reflecting mailing list would change your opinion, I'd bet.

'What's an elk??'
'It's a moose, isn't it?'
'Red Deer, ya dumb ass!'
'Tis not!'
'Tis so!'

etc until Net.Death results...

End of Glorantha Digest V1 #194


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