On 6/13/07, Nelson Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Screw NNTP, it's called RSS.
Not to pick a fight or anything, but NNTP is superior in several ways from a technical standpoint to RSS. More to the point, it solves a different problem. One could easily represent NNTP posts using an RSS feed, but NNTP has lots of intelligent solutions to distributing the load of data storage and query, and threading and read/unread kinds of things. I am sure there are smart explanations about why NNTP has drifted out of common use, but it's not because it was totally without merit. Re Josh's point about a different class of users, I think that can be true to a point, but I don't think it's fundamental to the format, and it can be managed a lot by social example and judicious moderation. Forums also bring better archiving, and can reduce the need for interminable copying of prior remarks. But like I said, I like the inboxiness for geowanking too. I've just been wondering about the sweet spot lately and took this opportunity to bounce ideas out there. Joe -- Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://blog.germuska.com "I felt so good I told the leader how to follow." -- Sly Stone
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