[FFML] A thought on the future of the FFML

[Mythril Moth]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Scott" <steven at imdanet.com>
To: "The Fanfiction Mailing List" <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] A thought on the future of the FFML


> My thoughts as a lurker with no business in this conversation? Revamp the 
> FFML or don't. Create something new that works how you want it to, or 
> don't. But don't bother with half measures that try to preserve the FFML 
> as a plain text only, e-mail based mailing list with a web frontend. At 
> worst these e-mail focused considerations will impose limitations on your 
> new system that keep it from being as successful as it should be. At best 
> it WILL be a big success, but the e-mail stuff you're all agonising over 
> will be an appendix useful only to 1% of its users. (you) That audience 
> you're chasing does not use e-mail for this sort of thing any more than 
> they use newsgroups.

*snip*

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said. Well put indeed.


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