Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] better listserv tech From: JONATHAN SAUNDERS <jommy@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:51:51 -0700--000000000000e94a710632c9ed31 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "This meeting (listserv) could have been an email (fediverse instance)" This is the space I work in now, and I think the standard replacement would probably be discourse for a closed group, an activitypub instance for a semi-open group (e.g. with closed federation if needed), or atproto appview for world-public group. Happy to help keep an old group alive if that's what's needed at the moment :) On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 21:36 Samuel Mehr <sam@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, I was thinking it would be cool if members of the Auditory list > had more control over what they see from the list and I wonder if there > would be support for moving it from the 'classic' listserv (a physical > server, I think, someplace in Montr=C3=A9al) to something more modern wit= h > user-level moderation tools. For example, the ability to mute a thread > while still seeing other messages to the list would be nice. > > Awhile back Dan Ellis mentioned to me that some years ago there was > discussion of moving to a more modern server but some people didn't like > the idea. This may be worth revisiting =E2=80=94 many of us find the Audi= tory list > useful for recruiting students, crowdsourcing help for various esoteric > questions, hearing about new papers, uniting a rather disparate set of > subfields, and so on, but the very outdated tech of the listserv makes it > more difficult than necessary to use and participate in. > > Sam > > =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 > Samuel Mehr > School of Psychology, University of Auckland > and Child Study Center, Yale University > *Be a citizen scientist at **themusiclab.org* <https://themusiclab.org/> > *!* > --000000000000e94a710632c9ed31 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">"This meeting (listserv) could have been an email (f= ediverse instance)"<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">This = is the space I work in now, and I think the standard replacement would prob= ably be discourse for a closed group, an activitypub instance for a semi-op= en group (e.g. with closed federation if needed), or atproto appview for wo= rld-public group.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Happy = to help keep an old group alive if that's what's needed at the mome= nt :)</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 21:36 Samuel Mehr &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:sam@xxxxxxxx">sam@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<b= r></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border= -left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 <div> <div class=3D"m_7250874308965329731message-content"> <div> <div>Hi folks, I was thinking it would be cool if members of the Auditory= list had more control over what they see from the list and I wonder if the= re would be support for moving it from the 'classic' listserv (a ph= ysical server, I think, someplace in Montr=C3=A9al) to something more moder= n with user-level moderation tools. For example, the ability to mute a thre= ad while still seeing other messages to the list would be nice.<br><br>Awhi= le back Dan Ellis mentioned to me that some years ago there was discussion = of moving to a more modern server but some people didn't like the idea.= This may be worth revisiting =E2=80=94 many of us find the Auditory list u= seful for recruiting students, crowdsourcing help for various esoteric ques= tions, hearing about new papers, uniting a rather disparate set of subfield= s, and so on, but the very outdated tech of the listserv makes it more diff= icult than necessary to use and participate in.<br><br>Sam<br><br></div><di= v>=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94<br>Samuel Mehr<br>School of Psychology, Unive= rsity of Auckland<br>and Child Study Center, Yale University<br><strong>Be = a citizen scientist at </strong><a href=3D"https://themusiclab.org/" target= =3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer"><strong>themusiclab.org</strong></a><strong>= !</strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> --000000000000e94a710632c9ed31--