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- From: vancleef@garg.arc.nasa.gov (Robert VanCleef)
- Subject: Re: A Paper on the Social Forces Behind the Development of Usenet
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.211406.15310@news.arc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov
- Organization: NASA/Ames Research Center
- References: <1992Dec10.192501.181@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <1g8k4hINN3d2@milk.Warren.MENTORG.COM> <Bz3psp.8E6@sci.kun.nl> <1992Dec11.175634.21408@cs.sfu.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:14:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.175634.21408@cs.sfu.ca>, shell@cs.sfu.ca (Barry Shell) writes:
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- |> Not sure how apathy applies, because there seems to be a tremendous
- |> amount of activity here.
- |>
- What percentage of the Usenet population actually participates in any
- of the "activity"? The relatively large percentage of "lurkers" defines
- the level of apathy.
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- Bob
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