http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/07/26/on-barriers-to-entry/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Tue, 12 May 2026 09:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/07/26/on-barriers-to-entry/#comment-409 Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:31:22 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/07/26/on-barriers-to-entry/#comment-409 No, I wasn't thinking of the BNF factor as a barrier to ASC. I see lots of names there that aren't well-known, and in some cases shouldn't be. ASC is not a mailing list so there's no way to tell how big the lurkership is, yet that's the real audience. The silent majority are very quiet and rarely send feedback - they are neither intimidating nor encouraging. No, I wasn’t thinking of the BNF factor as a barrier to ASC. I see lots of names there that aren’t well-known, and in some cases shouldn’t be. ASC is not a mailing list so there’s no way to tell how big the lurkership is, yet that’s the real audience. The silent majority are very quiet and rarely send feedback - they are neither intimidating nor encouraging.

]]> http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/07/26/on-barriers-to-entry/#comment-408 Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:29:46 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2003/07/26/on-barriers-to-entry/#comment-408 There's "not wanting to post to ASC" and then there's "being too intimidated to post to ASC", and I think the two are slightly different. I've never posted to ASC partially because of the newsgroup factor, and partially because whenever I did look at ASC, there was this whole bank of "big names", and I'd get scared off. But I guess that's one of those barriers you were talking about... There’s “not wanting to post to ASC” and then there’s “being too intimidated to post to ASC”, and I think the two are slightly different. I’ve never posted to ASC partially because of the newsgroup factor, and partially because whenever I did look at ASC, there was this whole bank of “big names”, and I’d get scared off. But I guess that’s one of those barriers you were talking about…

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