It may be that certain forums are quite slow (here and Cat23 come to mind),
but others are quite active. Perhaps it is just cyclical, though I
suspect
the advent of a lot of full-featured Dip bulletin boards, and the
convenience and ubiquity (a 50 cent word there!) of yahoogroups may tend
to
make the decline here somewhat more lasting
"Del Dingle" <dcdingle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:WIF2j.2504$4q5.2437@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Chris Babcock wrote:
>> Tired of spam? "Games group, 'Buy a vending machine!'" and "This is a
>> diplomacy group, maybe someone will give a crap about my marginal
>> political opinion." If there's interest, it may be time for a charter
>> discussion about a moderated group. Are we satisfied with the signal to
>> noise ratio? If not, what lengths are willing to go to in order to have
>> a healthy Usenet channel available? Chris
>
> What signal, Chris? I count barely ten Diplomacy posts per month here.
> There's no discussion of strategy. No FtF or RT meetings scheduled
> anymore. Rarely do people post for replacements compared to the number
of
> games langui****ng for months on the Pouch Listings page. The Pouch
itself
> (which I love dearly) is plagued with broken links. The last comparison
> of traffic on the Lowe judges compared to other judges was very
> disappointing.
>
> Yes. We need more volunteers to maintain the Diplomatic Pouch, handle
the
> queued newbies waiting for games, and to keep things moving, but the
> question I would pose for this thread is, "Has interest in Diplomacy
> declined enough to threaten closure of some online resources?"
>
> -Del
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