Re: OT: rude behaviour (was: Re: Is this list still going?)

Cat, you can always start your own gopher discussion on discord or wherever y=
ou think traction can be gained. I don=E2=80=99t think anyone here would opp=
ose that.

But in the end, just about every esoteric mailing list I subscribe to (gophe=
r, pdp-11, packet radio, diy efi, vintage jaguar, etc.) is catacomb-silent, w=
ith occasional bursts of static. I don=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80=99s a gopher=
 problem. Most of the world doesn=E2=80=99t share our enthusiasm for eclecti=
c topics like gopher. And tbh I sort of like it that way.

> On Nov 14, 2025, at 7:15=E2=80=AFAM, cat K. <[email protected]> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFI am interested in the topic and I do talk about Gopher incessant=
ly, to anyone that will listen, and then they say; "wow! Gopher sounds great=
, is there anywhere people are discussing Gopher such as a mailing list or s=
imilar?"
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> and I point them to the Tombs of the Blind Dead that is the gopher-project=
@other.debian.org <mailto:[email protected]> mailing list and w=
omp womp they completely lose interest because all they find is curmudgeons a=
nd dust bunnies.
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> regards
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> =E2=96=88=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80  cat K.
> =E2=96=88=E2=96=80=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=84  B 4 U D W 3 R K 5 _
> =E2=96=84=E2=96=84=E2=96=80=E2=96=80=E2=96=80  +1 (929) 601-BAUD
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>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 9:19=E2=80=AFPM, Nuno Silva <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
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>>> On 2025-11-14, cat K. wrote:
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>>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 12:29=E2=80=AFPM, John Goerzen
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, Nov 14 2025, cat K. wrote:
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>>>>> have been, who wrote, past tense. this topic is the only traffic the l=
ist has
>>>>> seen since April. I get info and updates by carrier pigeon more freque=
ntly.
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>>>> You are welcome to unsubscribe if you don't like this list.
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>>> and miss out on scintilating conversations like this? no thanks!
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>> Maybe you should.
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>> Either you're interested in the topic and talk about it, or just leave
>> us be.
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>> If you prefer TikTok and OnlyFans, go talk about Gopher there. Don't try
>> to bully everyone else in discussing gopher like you use these two.
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>> If we wanted to go at it like in TikTok, my guess is we'd be in TikTok.
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>> I was even under the impression TikTok was mostly a video-centric
>> outfit, which really isn't comparable to text in accessibility...
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>> But, on that, the non-endless-scroll and the non-real-time nature of
>> e-mail are also selling points of a mailing list for those who
>> appreciate this medium.
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>> If you don't appreciate the medium, don't try to turn this into a
>> barrage of video, emojis and embedded animated images that aren't
>> actually GIF despite being called that. Instead, understand that others
>> do prefer this text-centric medium and the on-topic nature of a
>> low-traffic list.
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>> --
>> Nuno Silva
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