On 2/9/01 2:58 AM, "Norbert Bollow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you have ideas for addressing the scaling problems of large
> mailing lists?
Not really, no. It's a huge, gnarly issue. The key is granularity -- The
problem is that mail lists are invasive into someone's mailbox, and people
have only a certain acceptable level of interruption and everyone's
tolerance level is different.
I've more or less come to the conclusion that the discussion list via email
is a bad technology. It's just until recently, there really weren't better
technologies -- and if all you have are hammers, everything looks like a
nail.
That doesn't imply you can't use e-mail. It implies that the delivery engine
has to change. I'm experimenting with a web system that allows for email
delivery, but allows people to better fine-tune what gets delivered. It's
getting there, but it's not really what I want eventually (for one thing,
email postings aren't supported)
> I've been thinking about this a lot, and the best idea that I've
> come up with is to use an edited ezine format for internet-based
> conversations that are intended to attract many participants. A
> live example of this idea (still in its early stages) is online
> at http://integrity-in-politics.com/
Interesting concept. I like it at first glance. I'll have to take a closer
look!
Chuq
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