> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Henry
> Most of the fora you mentioned are specialized enough that
> their continued existence makes perfect sense. But the only
> reason I can see for having four different general-purpose
> conlang fora (CONLANG-L, ZBB, CBB, and LJ-conlangs)
> is that different people are comfortable with different
interfaces.
> ...
I'm sure that's part of it. In fact, that's my main preference
for Usenet. A like the capabilities of most newsreaders for
handing group discussions, especially those with a lot of
volume.
> On the other hand, merging them all (if you could navigate
> the political problems and the technical problems of doing so)
> would probably create a forum that's so high-traffic nobody
> could keep up with it.
Again, a good newsreader... even on busier groups like
sci.lang.