Re: An open question for players & lurkers

From: nixxxon@scn.org (Christopher Maikisch)

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In a previous article, danag+@andrew.cmu.edu (Dan Greenwood) says:

>> What is your reaction to:
>> - list maintainers posting updates to their lists;
>
>I find this really, really annoying. If I looked at your list enough,
>I'd know about the updates anyway. Posting your updates are not (at
>least they haven't yet) gotten me to go look at your list. I know where
>the lists are, and if I need information, I'll get it myself. I don't
>think you even need periodic reminders of where the lists are, since
>they're all listed in Yahoo and other Web indexes/search tools.

Great, *if* you have www access. I'm sorry, but this kind of
argument really burns me. (OK: it only burns me because I have to scam
access from the library & can't get at all this neato stuff... Actually,
I *can* do text-only webcrawling, but not everyone has even that, and
from my end it's just usually not worth it...)

OK: instead of getting on a pointless flaimbate, how about a
reasonable question: is there any kind of by-email service to match
players up with games, perhaps based on a set of preferences? If not, why
not?

Aaaanyway... I've never been to any of the lists, either, but I
have based decisions about my gaming on the updates...

Nix!

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References

Re: An open question for players & lurkers
Dan Greenwood <danag+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
An open question for players & lurkers
Simon Reed <Simon@sandj.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000