Re: OT: rude behaviour (was: Re: Is this list still going?)

["cat K." <cat@b4udw3rk5.com>]

I am interested in the topic and I do talk about Gopher incessantly, to anyone that will listen, and then they say; "wow! Gopher sounds great, is there anywhere people are discussing Gopher such as a mailing list or similar?"

and I point them to the Tombs of the Blind Dead that is the gopher-project@other.debian.org <mailto:gopher-project@other.debian.org> mailing list and womp womp they completely lose interest because all they find is curmudgeons and dust bunnies.


regards

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> On 14 Nov 2025, at 9:19 PM, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> 
> On 2025-11-14, cat K. wrote:
> 
>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 12:29 PM, John Goerzen
>> <jgoerzen@complete.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> You are welcome to unsubscribe if you don't like this list.
>> 
>> and miss out on scintilating conversations like this? no thanks!
> 
> Maybe you should.
> 
> Either you're interested in the topic and talk about it, or just leave
> us be.
> 
> If you prefer TikTok and OnlyFans, go talk about Gopher there. Don't try
> to bully everyone else in discussing gopher like you use these two.
> 
> If we wanted to go at it like in TikTok, my guess is we'd be in TikTok.
> 
> I was even under the impression TikTok was mostly a video-centric
> outfit, which really isn't comparable to text in accessibility...
> 
> But, on that, the non-endless-scroll and the non-real-time nature of
> e-mail are also selling points of a mailing list for those who
> appreciate this medium.
> 
> If you don't appreciate the medium, don't try to turn this into a
> barrage of video, emojis and embedded animated images that aren't
> actually GIF despite being called that. Instead, understand that others
> do prefer this text-centric medium and the on-topic nature of a
> low-traffic list.
> 
> -- 
> Nuno Silva
>