X-Message-Number: 10795 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 07:52:48 -0800 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Cryonet vs. Cryowiki OR Cryonet and Cryowiki? Sorry Olaf, no offense intended; cryonet is an open forum and you have a right to discuss anything you like here. Many folk, myself included, stray far from cryonet's focus on occasion, just as now, and it's hypocrisy to suggest that anyone here shut up, cease and desist, or otherwise alter their habits. I wasn't suggesting that at all, nor that cryonet be shut down. Nevertheless we have two forces at work here - the desire for signal, and the desire for free discussion. These forces compete. I don't know whether a wiki would resolve them as well as cryonet does; I don't know if folk here would care to use it, or whether it mightn't be too open a forum for the subject matter. So it occurs to me that we might use this new kind of medium not as a replacement but as an adjunct to cryonet. I think this might resolve the two forces without hindering either one. I think the original wiki, which is supplemented by pattern-focused mailing lists, demonstrates that this can work well. It seems worth a try anyway - and if it doesn't work, the wiki could easily be retired without any alteration to the mailing list. Peter Merel. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10795