@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es
Post #2119507
2026-04-10 01:35 UTC
Very interesting text from @pluralistic on the communities' trilemma:
a) A community of like-minded people;
b) Useful information; and
c) The largest possible audience.
You get to choose 2.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/
Replies (2)
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@kkarhan@jorts.horse 2026-04-10 01:40
@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @pluralistic@mamot.fr actually, you onky get to choose 1 and hope you can at least keep the illusion of a 2nd priority.
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@cptbutton@dice.camp 2026-04-10 02:12
@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @pluralistic@mamot.fr The one quality I noticed back in my USENET days was the assumed level of knowledge. Some groups are fine with clueless newbie questions (even ones that are in the FAQ), other groups are strictly for "Great Experts pontificating solely for the benefit of other Great Experts"* and clueless questions would at best be ignored. * To steal a line from Anna Russell.