On 22/06/2017 08:38, Tim Watts wrote:
On 21/06/17 20:24, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Tim Watts
writes
Someone mentioned this the other day...
I've run nntp servers before, admittedly 15 years ago - but a simple
single server "islanded" setup is not hard in itself.
I am not proposing adding to the USENET hierarchy - I'm proposing a
single server. The traffic and number of users is low enough for that
to work.
Pros:
We could moderate and kill OT stuff and obnoxiousness whist
whitelisting anyone who posts reasonable stuff;
Could keep all the leeching web portals off, by force if necessary;
Cons:
I/we have to run a server;
Some people have to be willing to moderate;
Would we need our own properly done web portal to make it popular and
capture new blood?
Opinions please
Might as well make it a forum and take money for advertising?
Ugh! Forums are horrid.
While in many cases true, its what many people know these days, and
hence having one *in addition* to the the usenet group (which is
mirrored both ways) might not be a bad thing. That way if you want
access in the current way you still have it.
In some ways it seems like a natural extension of the faq / wiki site.
--
Cheers,
John.
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