One other point I forgot to mention about the design..
There can be an almost infinite number of interest areas for "static text", such as
is done on these lists.. And they can follow this kind of hierarchy (arbitrarily thought
up):
moq.md.economics
moq.md.philosophy
moq.md.technology
...
moq.mf (could remain unsplintered in the beginning and keep current format)
moq.general
moq.humor
...
(etc etc)
But also there is "dynamic text" which would allow for dialogue and conversations
that aren't captured into permanent records. People can be more informal. You can
have separate "frequencies" or channels.. The difference is you can listen to all
of them at the same time. Unlike the interest areas or conferences, which can only
be created by System Operators or Administrators after a voting process,
channels can be created by any user at any time, so discussion rooms can form at
will (and will be destroyed when the users all leave it automatically).
So here are some example channels:
#general -- discussion forum for general public
#chat -- no specific theme, but usually NOT MoQ related, allowing
for building of friendships through bridges other than MoQ
#highlevel -- for more intellectual discussions of higher cerebral demand
#sept11 -- we'll imagine a Qualicist whose wife was killed in Sep 11
tragedy formed this and would like to talk about this
particular sector of reality through the lense of the MoQ
it would be user-created. when all left, it would vanish.
So if you joined all four, you could be listening to talk from all channels at once.
If the dynamic conversation is noise to you, you could "squelch" all four and
meditatively focus on the more static conversations mentioned at the top.
Good day,
--s
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