Re: Where are all the pinholer's?

Eric S. Theise wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> > Has everyone given up on the discussion list?
>
> Funny you should ask. This is something I have been thinking about
> quite a lot of late.
>
> Certainly someone will be along very soon to tell you that this
> list is not the place where things are happening, and that all the
> action is at the f295 web forum. The bulk of the posts to this
> list over the past year (or two) have been to that effect.
>
> For those of you who've missed it, or recently joined:
>
> http://www.f295.com/
>
> I think the continued existence of the pinhole-discussion list only
> serves to fragment whatever pinhole photography discussion may be
> taking place on the Internet, and I propose that we shut this list
> off, effective end-of-day August 31st.
>
> The archives will remain in place indefinitely at spitbite.org.
>
> If someone would like to take over the list--and by that I mean
> finding a new hosting service, setting up the software, moving the
> archive, the whole deal--please contact me either on or off list.
> But I'll repeat myself: I think the best thing to do to further
> pinhole photography on the Internet is to close down this list and
> direct everyone to where there's some vitality to the conversation.
>
> (Like you, Chuck, I am old school, favoring email discussion over
> forums, but times change.)

Hi all,

I was moderately active on the list a few years ago. I haven't
done much pinhole in the interim, and haven't posted here in a
long time.

Still, I've kept a subscription, and always look forward to any
communications. Don't forget, this forum has lead to many
wonderful things: among others, the genesis of WWPD, the holiday
card exchanges, etc.

I don't think it's an either/or between pinhole-discussion and a
web based forum. People can choose the interface they prefer,
hopefully with many choosing both. I see no inherent conflict,
reasons for argument, or for hard feelings. Life is too short.

I appreciate tremendously the work Eric has put into hosting
pinhole-discussion for the last few years, and IIRC Greg Kemp
before him (excuse me if I'm mistaken about that). I think the
best discussion list is the one that remains most transparent to
the users, and pinhole-discussion has been great that way.

Maybe it's anachronistic, but I like text-based communication in
the listserv format. I like the idea that someone out there
might be reading this on an ascii terminal, making pinholes in a
tin can.

I like the idea of pinhole-discussion being around.

cheers,
Scott S

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