Re: Is this list still going?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

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On Fri, Nov 14 2025, cat K. wrote:

> 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
>>