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- From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: A proposal for organizing comp.os.linux. [NEW-CHANNELS]
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.012306.22022@sfu.ca>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 01:23:06 GMT
- References: <Bz6A6K.HFu@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec13.204007.17189@reed.edu>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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- In article <1992Dec13.204007.17189@reed.edu> nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) writes:
- >For what it's worth, I think comp.os.linux is damned near unreadable.
- >It isn't just that there are 150 messages a day. The messages in this
- >newsgroup are completely disorganized. There are 150 messages and 100
- >different threads! I'm disappointed that the group reorg didn't pass.
- >
- >However, if a few of the louder voices on comp.os.linux really wanted
- >to, we could still split comp.os.linux this week. Instead of splitting
- >it according to the normal Usenet voting procedures, split it into the
- >alt groups. Alt groups don't require a vote - a week's discussion on
- >alt.config seems to be sufficient.
- >
- >nelson@reed.edu \/ You're free, so anything could happen, so happy birthday
-
- Sigh. Do you people have any idea how much traffic is left in c.o.l linux
- after you kill these stupid threads? Not a lot. The splitting of
- c.o.l vote failed for a reason. Why do you think doing it anyway will
- solve anything? What's more (I don't know why people cannot see this;
- it has been mentioned a zillion times) - splitting newsgroups does
- not decrease traffic! It increases it. I read comp.os.linux.announce
- because I don't want to miss the announcement of any new toys. Then I
- have to read the same damn articles again in c.o.l! How can any sane
- person say this is an improvement?!
-
- - Ken
-