[gopher] Re: Fate of the Protocol (was Re: Gopherness)

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

JumpJet Mailbox wrote:
> You mean like the "BROKEN" link to Project Gutenberg:
> gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Archives/
>  
> Or perhaps the empty link to Online Libraries:
> gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Reference%09%09%2B
>  
> Yes, that was a bit sarcastic, but seriously, maybe we should begin by just taking baby steps... such as keeping our own Servers up to date?
> gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/Archives/Mailing%20Lists/gopher
> gopher://hal3000.cx/1/Phlog%09%09%2B
>  
> Or perhaps by helping fellow Gopher Wranglers in that effort by suggesting to them New Links, and reporting any Broken Links that appear on their Servers:  
> gopher://home.jumpjet.info/1\Gopher_Jewels_2
>  
> (Of course, you can't communicate with a Gopher Wrangler if they don't bother to put their contact information somewhere on the Server)!!!

You know, anonymous attacks on people is not constructive to the cause.

I am aware there are things that are outdated.  I don't have time to
devote to quux.org right now.  Would you rather I take it down?  I'm not
going to, just because one person has nothing better to do than complain.

You know, there is a right way and a wrong way to inspire people to work
on things.  There are people that have sent me requests to fix things on
quux.org in the right way.  Most often it comes in private, saying "hey,
it would be great if you fixed X."

You have not chosen the right way.

Your site's top-level selector is broken on UMN gopher client.

"Nothing available." is what comes back.

I suspect it has always been so.

Get your own house in order before throwing stones, shall we?

I also tire of your endless rants about contact info.  Your own contact
info doesn't even state who you are.

I know you have made positive contributions to the community.  But let's
keep it that way, and not devolve into attacks, ok?

It is not polite to troll in the first place, and it is even less so to
do so anonymously.

You use a pseudonym here, which is fine.  But you have extra
responsibility not to hide behind it.

-- John