[thelist] Domain issues

[Volkan Özçelik]

> But I'd pretty much forgotten about the list until now. What happened to
it?

I guess it’s still there (since we can still send emails to/from :) ), but
instead of the warm and cozy medium of thelist, people prefer other media
like: StackOverflow, google groups, facebook groups, dev.to, slack
communities, discord communities… they are dime a dozen… and they have
really good people discussing cool thing.

evolt is still there too: https://evolt.org/archive.html
with it’s last post (dated 2013) underlining that “it is not the end”
https://evolt.org/this-is-not-the-end

I personally would love the list back.
But, imho, it’s not an easy task.
We are like a bunch of nerds on the fringe where the mainstream are using
other tools to communicate.
At least that’s how I feel.

Both, thelist, and evolt can become active again.
It all boils down to gathering enough clout, and enough interested
individually to keep to ball rolling.

I did community building long time ago. And I know that it’s damn hard.
In a typical community there are 90% contributors and 10% lurkers.
In a typical “developer” community, there will be 1% contributors, 95%
lurkers, and 4% of those who don’t know why they are there in the first
place.

Plus, all the core contributors (me included) got other stuff coming down
their alley (life changes, family, kids, increased responsibilities etc)
And, for the lack of a better term, there was not enough fresh blood to
keep the fire burning.

At least that’s how I think and feel.

And I still haz hope.

This is not the end.


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:42 AM Nadeem Hosenbokus <nadeem at nadeemh.com> wrote:

> Happy new year everyone.
>
> I haven't really been much of a contributor on the list but it's saved my
> hide a few times in the past (and we're talking 10ish years ago now).
>
> One thing though: reading messages from others, especially about the
> issues and solutions being presented was something that I really enjoyed.
> Just being exposed to technologies that were outside my scope was valuable
> to me.
>
> But I'd pretty much forgotten about the list until now. What happened to
> it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nadeem Hosenbokus
> (230) 5766 9169
> www.nadeemh.com
> http://mu.linkedin.com/in/nadeemhosenbokus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist <thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org> On Behalf Of William
> Anderson
> Sent: 06 January 2020 06:23
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Domain issues
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:14 AM Volkan Özçelik <volkan.ozcelik at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Tangentially-related:
> >
> > thelist emails that come to me are bouncing to spam.
> >
> > it might be the case for others too.
> >
> > i created a special rule on my email client to specifically NOT put
> > them into spam.
> >
> > Why I’m telling this?
> > This response might not have reached, Dave.
>
> More likely that Gmail has issues with our reputation, rather than the
> good reputation our sending IP has in general.
>
> > I’d suggest directly emailing him if you have his email address.
>
> Mister, I'm already there.
>
> > Also hi to all evolters out there.
>
> Hi!
>
> > I’m sure you’re still kicking ass.
>
> We always do.
>
> -n
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