RE: Proposal RSSFAQ Group

["Ben Parker" <ben@africaonline.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Swartz [mailto:aswartz@swartzfam.com]
> Sent: 01 June 2001 22:54
> To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: ben@africaonline.com
> Subject: Re: Proposal RSSFAQ Group

> What makes it scary? The volume of mail?

The arguments. And the feeling that something one says will be seized upon
by polarized factions in an arcane battle which, even when more-or-less
understood, is still less than edifying.

With the "debate" that's going on, my kind of query eg "How can I squirt my
headlines and blurbs out in Jscript and <whatever>RSS</whatever> at once if
possible, preferably using Perl on my server" seems a bit like asking the
way to a nice bed-and-breakfast at the battle of the Somme.

I certainly would feel uncomfortable telling even a techie colleague or a
content producer in my market to check out this mailing list. It's an
acquired taste, to say the least.

Ben