Re: OT: rude behaviour (was: Re: Is this list still going?)
what possible reason would I have to want to start my own discussion elsewhere when this list, again ostensibly THE list, is finally talking about Gopher?
all it took was an upstart like me to come in and divert attention from the TV in the assisted living facility common room.
regards
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> On 15 Nov 2025, at 3:54 AM, Brian Koontz <brianko@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Cat, you can always start your own gopher discussion on discord or wherever you think traction can be gained. I don’t think anyone here would oppose that.
>
> But in the end, just about every esoteric mailing list I subscribe to (gopher, pdp-11, packet radio, diy efi, vintage jaguar, etc.) is catacomb-silent, with occasional bursts of static. I don’t think it’s a gopher problem. Most of the world doesn’t share our enthusiasm for eclectic topics like gopher. And tbh I sort of like it that way.
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>> On Nov 14, 2025, at 7:15 AM, cat K. <cat@b4udw3rk5.com> wrote:
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>> 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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>> █▄▀▄▀ cat K.
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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
>>>
>>
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