[Coco] A New CoCo Forum, just what we need?

Mon Oct 16 20:19:54 EDT 2017

On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:34:20 -0400
Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not here to defend whether a forum is of value to any majority of
> people, and if there aren't already other solutions.
> 
> Many people have been posting in Facebook recently how hard it is to
> find a topic for example, and when it comes to perhaps project based
> work, development, etc., it may be of benefit.
> 
> Perhaps to better phrase the question, and at the risk of even
> sounding rude, but I'm really not interested in people who don't like
> the idea, or won't use it.
> 
> I'm only interested in knowing if this is going to be a benefit to
> even a small part of the coco and retro community.
> 
> If there were 4 active users who were really cranking things out, and
> using this as a tool to help their project, or share ideas, or get
> answers to questions, and it was a benefit for a few people who were
> active and supportive of it, then it makes sense to have something
> like this as a community resource and as a community service.  I'm
> lucky that my godaddy hosting account allows me to have unlimited web
> sites, storage and bandwidth, so it's no big deal to host it.
> 
> If a few developers of these retro ports used this to bounce ideas and
> share information among themselves, and it helped shorten the
> development cycle of a future CoCo product, it would be worth it to
> me.
> 
> Feel free to continue to use whatever form of communication that
> works for you, but, if this is something that you may benefit from,
> then join the forum, and give it a shot, if after like 90 days if
> it's a ghost town, I'll reconsider, but the offer is and the forum
> are open to anyone who wants to use it and give it a shot.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
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> 
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> 
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:45 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI
> <dhaulagiri at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> >
> > I may sound out of whack but the next "forum" should be a landline
> > telephone BBS.
> >
> > The REAL THING !  ah ah ah
> >
> > ... and I am working on it !
> >
> >
> > Eddy Szczerbinski
> > DHAULAGIRI at HOTMAIL.COM
> > 418 580 8464
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > De : Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> de la part de Bill
> > Loguidice < bill at armchairarcade.com>  
> > Envoyé : lundi 16 octobre 2017 16:29
> > À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Objet : Re: [Coco] A New CoCo Forum, just what we need?
> >
> > I have to agree. Forums were much needed and a big deal in the late
> > 1990s through the mid-2000s, but it's remarkably difficult to get a
> > new forum going these days. Even with a hardcore community like
> > this one - the type of audience who would generally understand and
> > appreciate the benefits of a good forum - there are remarkably few
> > people who really care enough to put in the effort to even sign up,
> > let alone participate. Generally speaking, I'd say between VCF,
> > AtariAge, and Facebook - all already previously well-established -
> > things are covered. Even something like this mailing list is a
> > dying breed, but certainly thriving enough with this particular
> > audience (and similar communities) to probably keep running
> > indefinitely. With that said, similarly, I'd have my doubts a newly
> > created mailing list would get much traction nowadays.
> >
> > -Bill
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> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com>
> > wrote: 
> > > Not me - there are more than enough venues already set for the
> > > CoCo, let alone retrocomputing... I am spread out thin as it is:
> > > Facebook, Google+, this mailing list, VCF, AtariAge... gasp!.
> > >
> > > My $0.02 -> work with what we have :-)
> > >
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