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Re: Before we get totally entrenched here...

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On Sun, 9 Feb 2014, wjwlsn wrote:

> Is this the "right" newsgroup to "take over"? I know that someone mentioned 
> this earlier, relative to the difficulty of getting new groups created. I 
> only ask because a typical day on Slashdot involves much more than 
> miscellaneous computer-related discussion. We're a community with pretty 
> wide-ranging interests. The common theme, though, is that we're fairly ner
> dy and obsessive... thus the old tagline for Slashdot, "News for Nerds, Stuff 
> that Matters".
>
> So what about something like alt.nerd.obsessive? I never used it back in the 
> day, but according to the following, its original charter falls fits us 
> almost perfectly.
>
> "http://www.powerusenet.com/blog/2007/08/featured-newsgroup-altnerdobsessive.html"
>
> Don't get me wrong... I'm perfectly happy to stay here at comp.misc.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
You can't create a new newsgroup until there's enough interest.  That was 
the case with the Big Seven, even when it became the Big Eight. The alt. 
newsgroups avoid that, but may not get good traffic.

Just because there's activity here now doesn't mean there will be activity 
when the thrill wears off.  Don't forget, people have left usenet, there 
hasn't been a steady flow into Usenet in a long time.  Prove there is 
value to yet another newsgroup by actually showing traffic here, and then 
it should be easy to get a newsgroup created in the Big Eight.  WHile 
everyone was gone, the rules have changed, no more voting, but you still 
have to prove the value of yet another newsgroup.

   Michael

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Before we get totally entrenched here... wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 13:37 +0000
  Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-09 18:54 +0000
    Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-09 19:54 +0000
      Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-09 20:19 +0000
        Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... cykros <cykros@devio.us> - 2014-02-11 23:41 -0500
          Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-12 10:44 +0000
  Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:51 -0500
  Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... "Elizabeth T. Knuth" <eknuth@csbsju.edu> - 2014-02-11 01:09 -0600
  Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org> - 2014-02-11 11:27 +0000
    Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:34 -0500
      Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... deepmagicbeginshere@gmail.com - 2014-02-11 06:49 -0800
      Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 16:51 +0000
        Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:04 -0800
          Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-12 13:22 -0800
      Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... cykros <cykros@devio.us> - 2014-02-11 23:45 -0500
  Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 00:01 -0500
    Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... sagebump <outersend@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 09:33 -0800
      Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-03 12:05 -0600
        Re: Before we get totally entrenched here... RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-03 19:49 +0000

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