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

Mon Oct 16 20:45:59 EDT 2017

As far as the forum idea goes @Steve, I'll try it.

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Jerry Adams <jerry.adams.my at gmail.com>
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> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:19 PM, rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>> > The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
>> > ogStevieStrow at gmail.com
>> >
>> > Website:  http://ogsteviestrow.com
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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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