Re: A proposal to bring together the conlang communities

Hallo!

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:50:55 -0500, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2008 9:10 AM, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
>
> > What can be observed now is that a division of labour between CONLANG and
> > ZBB is gradually developing, with CONLANG becoming a forum for
> > engelangers, and ZBB a forum for naturalistic artlangers and
> > conworlders.
>
>
> Uhm, huh?  Did I miss a memo?  When did this list become engelang-oriented?
> Last I checked we still had conlangers of all stripes...
You didn't miss any memo.  It is just that I feel that the engelanger
contingent has been more active than the naturalists lately, but then
the list has been unusually quiet anyway.  It's probably just the swing
of the pendulum.  And I have to admit that I am not really in a position
to complain because I haven't posted much by myself lately.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:59:50 -0500, Amanda Babcock Furrow wrote:

> [on the same statement by me]
>
> Oh, geez, is that what's happening?  Because the ZBB makes me sad - it
> has such a different flavor to it!  No real names, no collegial
> atmosphere, no sense of how old people are (except, I think, younger
> on average).  Less feeling of internationality.
I agree.  The ZBB community is much less mature than the CONLANG
community; most ZBB members' projects are naive and unsophisticated
(there's nothing wrong with that - we all started that way - but
it is not what I wish to discuss), and rude behaviour has been
unbearably frequent over there.  Indeed, I don't really feel much
like sharing the results of my conlanging with those people.
The CONLANG mailing list is a much more grateful and mature forum.

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