RE: [cobalt-users] What *does* the community want?

["Yiannis Costopoulos" <yiannis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wanted an as seamless as possible transition from the existing listing to
a new migrated one.

This means that I am automatically subscribed to the new list, and I only
need to be notified via email (when the transition completes) so I post to
the new address and not the old one. If for any reason I didn't want the
subscription to the new one, I could opt-out. Please note that seamless
includes the replacement of the footers on each post.

As there were objections with the automatic subscription, then I am willing
to re-subscribe to the new list. As for the changing the footer, I have
heard too much nonsense about spamming etc. etc.

I was in favour of Jeff's/Ryan's/Bruce's list. It would do exactly what I
wanted.

The fact that by changing the footer, and then maybe in the future adding
pop-ups, or even pop-unders, or actually launch a DoS attack on my servers,
and do some black magic and voodoo that would make my cat die, my goldfish
drown, the Earth stop spinning and the Sun (the star) disappear, is a lot of
crap.

Look at a list that doesn't do all these bad, nasty things. The existing
list! This is what we need! Oh shit I forgot! it's going off-line! IT IS
GOING DOWN! IT IS GOING OFF-AIR! Can you realise that? Can you really get
this into your mind and stop bitching? For f**k sake, if I new how to do it
and had the infrastructure, I would have done it. I would migrate this list
to a new one, I would change the footers at the bottom of each post, and I
would post to all cobalt related lists so people could subscribe. I would
evaluate its usefulness/viability and I would ask the subscribers if I
should keep it running or shut it down, after a certain period of time.

I am afraid I cannot do it. I don't have the infrastructure and the time
right now.

This list was a good resource. Sorry to see it going.

Yiannis.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Raq4
> Sent: 14 May 2004 06:29
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] What *does* the community want?
>
>
> > What *does* the community want?  What do you want?
>
> *Some* of us wish we could do what you guys can do...
> *Some* of us are happy to come here when we need help and appreciate to
> responses...
> *Some* of us come here to bitch...
> *Some* of us come here when we're bored...
> *Some* of us don't know what to do next...
>
> *Most* of us are scrambling trying to make sense of the past week or so...
> *Most* of us will need a new 'home' after tomorrow...
>
> *ALL* of us will see the end to this list in a few hours...
> *ALL* of us wish we could've just realized there would NEVER be one single
> replacement for this list early last week so this week could've been
> 'business as usual'
>
> The way I see it, there are 2-3 lists out there.  I signed up for all of
> them (Some never sent the response or Cox trashed it as spam 'tho
> it doesn't
> trash this list's e-mail).  I KNOW who knows there shi* and unfortunately
> they're not all on the same team.  So I'll be hanging out everywhere I can
> until I see a clear cut answer- if ever.  It's interesting, I started
> getting caught up reading all this stuff and found myself deciding which
> list NOT to go to based on their comments or bickering- not good.
>
> Anyways, personally I don't even feel like *something* is ending tomorrow.
> I see some lists in capable hands.  I just hope those, to, don't end this
> way.  And it maybe late but I'm a graphics/animation/website
> design guy- if
> ANY of the new lists need some free graphics and things designed, consider
> it done- wish I could be of more help...
>
> See you all.........well, right here in the SAME outlook folder as before
> only different TO: addresses.
>
> Dave~
>
>
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