Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)

Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

> I took it to be a sarcastic attempt to demonstrate why he thought the
 > suggestion he was responding to was a bad idea.  To clarify what I

I took it as sarcasm, but as an explanation of why something was a bad idea,

it was (let's face it) not very good.

> "There are 400+ active PBM games.  If every one of them posted an
 > advertisment to the group, we would be flooded with messages to wade
 > through.  Therefore, it would be a bad idea for every active PBM group
 > to post separate advertisments right now."

In which case, saying just that would have saved a lot of time. ;) I
actually disagree with the reasoning above, but since (as you say) not a lot

of value has come from this thread, maybe it's time to drop it.

> Given his well-known and often stated distaste for excess newgroup
 > messages, it seems to me that anyone who seriously thought he might

It's not as if this newsgroup is bursting at the seams, though, is it? Or
maybe I should ask you to be more precise about "excess newsgroup messages".

:-)

(I'm assuming you mean newsgroup up above, rather than newgroup!)

Paul

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References

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@black-sun.removeme.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
paul@nospam.demon.co.uk (Paul Walker)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@rsn.hp.COM>
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000