Newsgroups: news.admin Path: utzoo!sq!msb From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) Subject: Re: The Dynamics of Debate on USENET Message-ID: <1989Oct1.233559.8061@sq.sq.com> Reply-To: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto References: <35033@apple.Apple.COM> <46115@bbn.COM> <35037@apple.Apple.COM> <147@isgtec.UUCP> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 89 23:35:59 GMT > > Interestingly, USENET debates have a property that doesn't exist with > > face-to-face debates: multiple participants separated by huge > > temporal delays. > I tend not to give much credence to this argument these days, because > of the low propagation times of the NNTP massfeed hubs ... > [though] this is by no means true for everyone. Well, speaking from a site which news often takes 2-3 days to reach AFTER it reaches the city, I can sure agree that it isn't true for everyone. Can someone in a position to know much about it please post to tell just how widespread these NNTP links are these days? By the way, this topic, while fascinating, *certainly* does not belong in news.admin... -- Mark Brader For I do not believe that the stars are spread over a Toronto spherical surface at equal distances from one center; utzoo!sq!msb I suppose their distances from us to vary so much that msb@sq.com some are 2 or 3 times as remote as others. -- Galileo This article is in the public domain.