Re: Miscellaneous

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:51:42 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 10/23/2024 4:02 AM, Ant wrote:

Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

 

You might have already discussed this, but have you considered moving all of
the general discussions around games to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc?

 

This is the group that stayed active, and the others just folded in for
the most part.

 

c.s.i.p.g.misc sounds like a place for games that defy categorization,
and I don't think the denizens here play many of those.

 

The risk would be that you lose the good thing that you have going, I suppose.

 

That's one, another would be that it might not even be carried by
various usenet providers.

 

I tagged it and checked for new messages, there were no messages.

 

Why would we move from an active group to a dead group?

 
We could always CC like this post. ;)

>
well, we could just spread out and use these groups as well

Always an option. Like I said, a number of people frequent multiple
groups so if you post a question in *.adventure (or wherever) odds are
somebody might answer you.

But the bulk of the active readers are currently here, in *.action.
You'll have more eyes on your message -and more chances of a response
- if you post it here. There just isn't really a large enough
population to support that diversity of newsgroups.

Nonetheless, I again reiterate: if its something you feel strongly
about, you can do it. Post enough messages long enough, and people may
come. But it could take a long time before your efforts pan out.

Personally, I think it seems like a lot of work for no real advantage
(if only because, arguably, *.misc is as bad a location for general
game discussion as *.action) but there's nothing really stopping
anyone from making the attempt.