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Re: Is this list still going?



have been, who wrote, past tense. this topic is the only traffic the list has seen since April. I get info and updates by carrier pigeon more frequently.


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> On 14 Nov 2025, at 10:38 AM, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> 
> On 2025-11-13, cat K. wrote:
> 
>> I maintain a Gopher presence (several if you're keeping score) but I
>> wasn't on this list. I joined the list because of this topic to ask;
>> why is this Gopher mailing list - ostensibly THE Gopher mailing list -
>> the single worst representation of Gopher space going?
>> 
>> Gopher is currently better represented on TikTok than this list and
>> it's embarrassing. who is list for except for people who
>> want-to-but-never-will use Gopher, people who used-to-but-now-don't
>> use Gopher and people who just subscribe to mailing lists out of some
>> bizarre tech FOMO?
>> 
>> this list has less traffic than your mom's OnlyFans, it's cringe.
> 
> Lists not having too much traffic isn't bad. It may even be good or
> excellent and mean that when there *is* traffic, it's related to the
> topic, and people stay subscribed because of that.
> 
> It's also not fair to describe this list as "people who
> used-to-but-now-don't use Gopher", specs and features have been
> described in this list, people who wrote clients are on this list too,
> and I've already recognized names in replies to this thread from people
> who do run gopherholes.
> 
> -- 
> Nuno Silva
> 


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