LNH/META: To Reboot or Not to Reboot....

[Andrew Perron]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:33:06 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> On 10/26/2011 5:02 PM, Arthur Spitzer wrote:

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>> I think the real reason it was popular in the 90s and not as
>> popular now is simply there was less competing with the typical person's
>> attention span back then. The LNH was cool back in the 90s because there
>> was not much else to do on the internet.
> 
> Oh, but the Internet's just part of a slippery slope.  There are 
> hardcover books, then paperbacks, then portable e-book readers, then 
> wireless readers that can download from online repositories.  Then those 
> repositories become accessible from web sites, then those web sites 
> start offering wide-ranged content.  Including, say, writing clubs which 
> publish free fiction.  That is to say, us.

This, pretty much.  RACC is a place where writers and readers can interact,
share stories, provide feedback, and play off each other, and that's
valuable no matter how you technology it.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, thursly.