Re: Allowable Newsgroup Messages

From: Dan Greenwood <danag+@andrew.cmu.edu>

Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000

ALloydster@aol.com blurted:
> Just send whatever messages you want!  Its extremely easy to delete the
> ones people dont want to read.  In fact, you can mark them ALL read and
> never see them again.  The more messages the better on these newsgroups.
> Thats my opinion.

It's precisely this kind of attitude that we should avoid in newsgroup
postings. It is the *quality* of posts, NOT the quantity, that indicates
the success of a given newsgroup. Spam and useless repetitive
advertisements are not welcome on this newsgroup and most others. If you
have something useful to contribute to the topic of a newsgroup, then
post away. It would be helpful to everyone, though, if we all consider
the value of our posts before we make them.

Also, your statement that "you can mark them ALL read and never see them
again" assumes that everyone has a newsreader with this feature. Some
people do not. Some people have to spend time and money downloading all
the useless posts along with the useful ones.

OK, I'm done.  :)

-Dan

References

Allowable Newsgroup Messages
alloydster@aol.com (ALloydster)
Thu, 29 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Allowable Newsgroup Messages
alloydster@aol.com (ALloydster)
Thu, 29 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000