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- From: gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Geoff Noer)
- Subject: Re: Split this group!!!
- Message-ID: <AN7MBA5L@cc.swarthmore.edu>
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- Organization: Swarthmore College
- References: <12804.1095.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:53:28 GMT
- Lines: 37
-
- In article <12804.1095.uupcb@satalink.com>, john.will@satalink.com (John
- Will) writes:
- >
- > GN.If we chose to make it work by not cross-posting, it could...
- >
- > Yes, but if we choose to make it work without splitting the group into
- > a bunch of little pieces, we can also make it work, and the
- > problem of cross-posting won't exist! Decent message topics are a
- > much more effective solution, if folks don't have the discipline to
- > put a decent top on the message, they also won't have the discipline to
- > not cross-post everywhere under the sun! Let's not make a bad problem
- > worse.
- > ---
- > . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . My computer can whip your computer!
-
- While my newsreader isn't complicated enough to handle killfiles or other
- features, I guess after misc. dialogues with other netters, I'm starting to
- agree with those that say splitting this group would be a bad idea. Here's
- an alternate idea: standardized message tops... starting all subject lines
- with...
-
- MAC:
- PC:
- HD:
- SOFTWARE:
- WANTED:
-
- or something to that effect... then it would easier to scan down the long
- list of titles. When people don't conform to the agreed convention, lots
- of cross-posting would not occur so there is less (no?) chance for
- disaster...
-
- Opinions?
- ------------
- Geoffrey J. Noer gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu
- Disclaimer: I don't speak for anyone but
- myself.
-