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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:08:29 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne Rich Green wrote:
> > For those of you using newsreaders, I have a few questions. I'm curious:
> > what other sorts of stuff do you follow via newsreader? Anything cool? Are
> > there many things you've been forced to switch to viewing other ways? How
> > do you follow rss feeds? Is there any such thing as a good aggrigator?
> > What's up with projects like nntp//rss? Like, how come it's dead in
> > the water?
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> I played around with NNTP on LUGNET a year or so ago, got it working, almost
> never used it. It didn't fit into my own personal workflow.
I used to use the NNTP service but I must say I much prefer the web based
service. I find NNTP to be that little bit too primitive, sort of like email
software which can't deal with HTML mime type.
> Going beyond the immediate questions you pose, it sounds like you're interested
> in determining the effectiveness of different content delivery methods. NNTP is
> push, while the web is pull, and we're all busy people so a push method seems
> generally desirable. NNTP is the current fave of the push models, although both
> email and RSS feeds of LUGNET are available - two other popular push delivery
> methods.
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> Personally I prefer RSS, it's got a much lower bar to entry than setting up and
> using an NNTP newsreader. I see RSS as being a huge potential for the future of
> content sharing and distribution... it's new, it's well supported, and tools are
> being created to attract wider audiences (see Mozilla Thunderbird, for example).
I think using RSS is a great idea. It should work on older technology, it gets
around workplaces which don't like NNTP and it can be fiddled with by tech-savvy
readers.
> NNTP is powerful but, like some other technologies, never caught on widely to
> the "masses". If the intent is to set an entry bar targeted to those with the
> time and inclination to work through the setup (I'd classify them as Slashdot
> regular readers - a gross oversimplification, of course)
Some of us don't like NNTP you insensitive clod ;-)
> , NNTP as a core
> function would be fine. If you are aiming toward a larger audience, I would
> recommend the bar be lowered - RSS or email as push, and web as pull, of course.
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> - Kelly
Again, I have to say that RSS seems like a great idea. I have the time and
inclination to go through all the things I may be interested in but if I didn't
(or don't in the future), I would prefer to use RSS over NNTP any day.
Tim
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| (...) As no email software SHOULD, but let's discuss THAT topic somewhere else ;) (email which is purely HTML goes to my /dev/null , makes for a saner day) (...) RSS is nice, but how would you replace the offline behaviour of NNTP and how would you (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I played around with NNTP on LUGNET a year or so ago, got it working, almost never used it. It didn't fit into my own personal workflow. Going beyond the immediate questions you pose, it sounds like you're interested in determining the (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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