From: Gregory Parkinson (glp@panix.com)
Date: 06/01/00-08:10:31 PM Z
At 2:51 PM -0400 6/1/00, Judy Seigel wrote:
>[....]
>When a question that would be under strict construction "off topic"
>arrives, I note that it is often EAGERLY seized upon. Folks
>enjoy/appreciate the discussion. After all, so much belaboring of pixel
>dots can grow tiresome. I'd take response as at least a partial guage...
>do folks WANT to talk about it?
My experience is that focused mailing lists/Usenet newsgroups
attract a group of people who have that focus in common, and
often they find they have other things - and therefore discussion
topics - in common. The trick is keeping the group relatively
focused while still allowing for the talk about non-focused
but shared interests.
My sense from this group and the recent discussion that my
first post started is that people interested in alt processes
define "alt" as the technology of the final print. Creating
images in Photoshop and negatives on digital printers is fine,
as long as the final product is in some sense hand-made.
Personally, that's what interests me so it's an OK definition.
Greg
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