Appetite for Gemini users mailing list?

[sario528 at ctrl-c.club]

> I am actually extremely open to the idea of splitting the list into
> several separate lists, as commonly seen in large software projects like
> operating systems.  Something like:
> 
> * gemini-users: for everyday Gemini users without any special interest
>   in the technical side of things.  Announcements of new capsules,
>   projects like aggregators and "gemrings", authorship conventions,
>   advocacy/outreach, etc.  Maybe announcements of initial releases of
>   new user-oriented software.  Probably the busiest list?
> * gemini-dev: for people authoring Gemini software.  Discussion of
>   technical best practices, etc.
> * gemini-admin: for people running Gemini servers.  Do we actually need
>   this?  Probably low traffic, for sharing e.g. IP addresses of
>   misbehaving clients.
> * gemini-spec: for spec finalisation.  Ideally low traffic, limited
>   membership, guaranteed in advance to be permanently set read-only
>   within a few months of creation.
> * gemini-announce: very low traffic list only I can post to with
>   important announcements.
> 
> How do people feel about this?  I don't know how the list hosts feel so
> can't guarantee this is possible, but I'm very happy to make enquires if
> there's broad support for this.  I for one think it's a good idea.  I
> know multiple people who have unsubscribed from this list after heavy
> early involvement because it's just become too much to follow.
> 
> Cheers,
> Solderpunk

I am very much in support of this idea. I recently switched to the
digest format to reduce the number of incoming messages, but that has
it's own issues. 

Sario