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From: denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: attitude
Keywords: attitude
Message-ID: <43881@bbn.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 89 12:45:40 GMT
References: <1381.AA1381@caleb>
Reply-To: denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste)
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In article <1381.AA1381@caleb> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>
>     Another thing that I've noticed lately is a steep decline in the general
>helpfulness of the "experts" out there in net.land.  Back in the early Amiga
>days (I bought my A1000 in December, 1985.), the people on USENET and other
>networks were VERY helpful.  Even stupid new user questions were answered
>quickly and politely.  More recently, as net volume has increased, I've noticed
>that answers become fewer.

I don't know about anyone else, but I've been sending my answers by Email so as
to not load down the net with (possibly) duplicate answers. That, though,
would be invisible to you unless you are the one who asked the question.

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