[Consim-l] Re: Internet clutter

[Dave Kohr]

On 11/7/06, Mike NotSpecified <blockhead at bresnan.net> wrote:
>  Wouldn't we both be better served if "our" publishers annouced new products
> on this list, then you and I both write a review?

I can find plenty of reviews of the new games that matter to me
without using this or any other mailing list.

> But what happens when a newbie goes to yahoogroups and searches for
> "wargames". Or "Avalon Hill"?

I think most such newbies are more likely to land up at CSW or
boardgamegeek than on any Yahoo group--and those are reasonably good
places for a newbie to land.

> As a public service I'm going to forgo a night of gaming and instead sign up
> for each of those lists, then publish a plea to the list owners to remove them
> in favor of a consolidated list.

That's more a public nuisance than a public service IMHO....

In any case, the fracturing of the discussion is not caused by other
mailing lists, it's caused by the Web-based forums at CSW and the
Geek. For that matter, I don't even regard it as "fracturing", I
regard it as people voting with their keyboards and participating only
in those forums that best suit their needs.

Dave