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From: fargo@pawl.rpi.edu (Irwin M. Fargo)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: ** CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.troubles **
Message-ID: <1989Oct30.231803.16742@rpi.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 89 23:18:03 GMT
References: <1989Oct30.115233.19455@rpi.edu> <4259@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
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In <4259@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> sartin@hplabs.hp.com (Rob Sartin) writes:
>I find it hard to conceive of a place where I would be less likely to
>share my troubles and personal problems than the net.  After all, <fill
>in your favorite rude net personality, there are certainly enough to
>choose from> will probably read and post to the group.  It is an
>idealistic goal.  Good luck.  You probably want to choose a different
>name or you'll get lots of postings about Ireland....
>

Rude people might cause a problem, but then again, from a certain per-
spective, they might be acting rude because they have some problem that
they'd like to get off their minds.

The group would be quite dependent on the type of people looking for help
and the people giving help.  This was one of the reasons for which I think
the newsgroup should be moderated.  But I also have an equal argument for
an unmoderated group: people whose problems have been solved can help other
people with that same problem.

Also, to Joe Zitt (jzitt@awd.ibm.com ??), could you explain your reasoning
as to why the group should be called talk.kvetch?
   Thanks.

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