Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: "No" votes mean something. Message-ID: <256EE6FD.13123@ateng.com> Date: 25 Nov 89 19:24:43 GMT References: <854@pmafire.UUCP> <855@pmafire.UUCP> <856@pmafire.UUCP> <4980@freja.diku.dk> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 17 According to stodol@freja.diku.dk (David Stodolsky): >In fact, "no" votes are unrelated to the proposed group name and charter. In fact, groups placed badly get lots of "no" votes. Those placed well don't. If you placed your group badly, you'll get lots of "no" votes. Where is the punchline? >Reading of comments received with groupware "no" votes [...] >No votes often reflect misunderstanding, ignorance, or just not >being serious. Here's the punchline. "People voting against _my_ group are ignorant, joking, or just don't understand the situation." Yeah, right. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; or "Did I ever tell you the Jim Gladding story about the binoculars?"