[theforum] VOTE: d.e.o

[Martin Burns]

On 1 Nov 2007, at 18:27, John Handelaar wrote:

> On 11/1/07, Dean Mah  wrote:
>> A lot of people have brought up the idea that d.e.o should be  
>> shutdown
>> permanently.  I'd like to have a formal vote on the matter.  The
>> question is:
>>
>> Should dir.evolt.org be removed from the evolt.org offerings?
>
> *  Because it is a world-class spam magnet,
> *  Because the only people who've asked for it to be reopened
>   in nearly two years are tawdry SEO peddlers,
> *  Because it was never anything like as comprehensive as it needs
>   to be anyway, and above all
> *  Because we don't have the staff time to do the important stuff,
>   let alone tarbaby side projects like this,

For all that, and that http://spool.evolt.org has done a much *better*
job at putting out links that evolters find interesting, +1

Cheers
Martin

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