Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.games:410 comp.sys.amiga:60859 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!jac423 From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Selling games on USENet - don't! Message-ID: <3251@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 28 Jun 90 15:53:01 GMT References: <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: jac423@leah.albany.edu.UUCP (Jules Cisek) Organization: State U. of New York at Albany Computing Svces. Lines: 34 I think the problem with the size of the comp.sys.amiga groups is not caused by selling software. It is caused by a great deal of people who just have to have a word about everything. The amiga newsgroups are filled with people disagreeing about this and that, very little information exchange actually takes place. It usually takes me about 1 hour to read the four groups, but I actually only read about 20 articles out of all of these. I don't think we should point fingers at specific problems (piracy discussions, for sale ads, arguing about how the net should be used and what groups we should support, etc.). We should simply cut back on the temptation to post all the time (especially when all we want to say is "Right on", or "Word up"). I know the temptation is huge to be part of discussion, part of the team, but really, mail is a much better way of communicating your ideas to other users. The only time you should post is when your posting absolutely has to be seen by everyone on the net. Even then, think about just how far the message has to go, and don't use world distribution unless you have to. Sometimes I get the feeling that many of you just post so that the amiga groups are the biggest... That's truly silly, since bulk doesn't make the information any more worthwhile. I know my post is not going to a bit of difference, but I really feel this is a way to cut down on the hugeness of this thing, certainly not by cutting out for sale ads. -- | // Amiga Student on Campus Consultant Jules Cisek I do think | | \X/ Computing Services Center Consultant SUNYA, NY USA it's good! | | AMIGA Computer Science Major/Music Minor jac423@leah.albany.edu |