| Joseph Rabie via Nettime-tmp on Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:31:16 +0200 (CEST) |
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Hello all, In the late nineties, I was a member of the Well. This could be accessed by a text client, or a web interface, which is what I used. As an example of an online forum, it was a flourishing, exuberant space, with many active conversations going on simultaneously in many subjects. The forum format worked very well, it was civilised and convivial, and I miss it. Members in the San Francisco area got together on occasion. Are there other people on Nettime who used the Well, or similar spaces? Have a good weekend ! - Joe. > Le 15 juil. 2023 à 11:52, Geoffrey Goodell via Nettime-tmp <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Dear John, new mods, and all -- > > Congratulations on reaching consensus on a plan to migrate to a new list and > manage the list going forward. This is a great social achievement as well as a > great technical achievement. > > The plans for social activities beyond the list itself are exciting. I wonder > whether it is possible to demonstrate that such activities are in fact an > instrumental and critical to the success of a community in general, and whether > the success of an online forum depends upon the success of a community that > operates and enables it. Nettime is certainly different from the online fora > operated by social media platforms, but what makes it different? Is it because > the group that operates the infrastructure is not for profit? Is it because > the participants in the forum have a say in how it operates? Is it because its > leaders aspire to build something special and believe in what they are > believing? > > Looking forward to insightful discussion for many years to come. > > Best wishes -- > > Geoff # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: https://mail.ljudmila.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-tmp # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: