On 22/06/2017 14:27, wrote:
On Thursday, 22 June 2017 11:21:44 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
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.

I don't believe that splitting this group with a forum would be a
good move at all. But perhaps one could present a ukdiy portal that's
as easy to access as a forum. Easier in fact,by not splitting it into
lots of different sub-areas.

I was not suggesting splitting at all - quite the reverse; providing a
more accessible interface to the group that we control and configure.



--
Cheers,

John.

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