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

There is a packet radio ml?

Am 14.11.2025 um 18:24 schrieb Brian Koontz:
> Cat, you can always start your own gopher discussion on discord or wherever you think traction can be gained. I don’t think anyone here would oppose that.
>
> But in the end, just about every esoteric mailing list I subscribe to (gopher, pdp-11, packet radio, diy efi, vintage jaguar, etc.) is catacomb-silent, with occasional bursts of static. I don’t think it’s a gopher problem. Most of the world doesn’t share our enthusiasm for eclectic topics like gopher. And tbh I sort of like it that way.
>
>> On Nov 14, 2025, at 7:15 AM, cat K. <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I am interested in the topic and I do talk about Gopher incessantly, 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 similar?"
>>
>> and I point them to the Tombs of the Blind Dead that is the [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> mailing list and womp womp they completely lose interest because all they find is curmudgeons and dust bunnies.
>>
>>
>> regards
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>> █▄▀▄▀  cat K.
>> █▀▄▀▄  B 4 U D W 3 R K 5 _
>> ▄▄▀▀▀  +1 (929) 601-BAUD
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>>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 9:19 PM, Nuno Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-11-14, cat K. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 14 Nov 2025, at 12:29 PM, John Goerzen
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14 2025, cat K. wrote:
>>>>>> have been, who wrote, past tense. this topic is the only traffic the list has
>>>>>> seen since April. I get info and updates by carrier pigeon more frequently.
>>>>> You are welcome to unsubscribe if you don't like this list.
>>>> and miss out on scintilating conversations like this? no thanks!
>>> Maybe you should.
>>>
>>> Either you're interested in the topic and talk about it, or just leave
>>> us be.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> If we wanted to go at it like in TikTok, my guess is we'd be in TikTok.
>>>
>>> I was even under the impression TikTok was mostly a video-centric
>>> outfit, which really isn't comparable to text in accessibility...
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nuno Silva
>>>