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From: ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Multiple newsgroups (was Re: Bitching at apple)
Message-ID: <90280.195203ART100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 90 23:52:03 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <28552@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy
McFadden) says:
>
>In article <4849@crash.cts.com> billy@pro-sol.cts.com (Billy Long) writes:
>The standard arguments against separate //[ec+] and //gs groups are:
>1. There isn't a whole lot of traffic for older //s.
>2. Most of the traffic there is applies equally to the //gs.

And here are standard and nonstandard refutals (that really is a word):

1. I bet traffic would pick up. I would certainly post more in a
   non-gs group. What happens here is any non-gs questions eventually
   become gs questions and then complaints about apple not supporting
   the // as macintoshes and other computers are brought into the
   discussion.
2. People with GS's can read both groups. It's not that much trouble.
   The overlap between the gs and non-gs only goes one way, i.e.
   people with GS's have much more interest in non-gs stuff than
   people with non-gs's have in gs stuff.

   A kill file for articles having "GS" in the subject is virtually
   useless as this group is now. At one time I did not read any article
   with a subject that sounded like it belonged to the GS (not hard
   to differentiate). However as I read other articles I was finding
   quoted information from some of these articles that made me wish
   I'd read the original article.

Maybe we should just create an alt group (since there probably
aren't enough non-gs owners to vote for a non-gs group, although
usefulness isn't measured by number of people alone, which is
the net.gods philosophy).

Actually, probably the best idea is for the GS users to branch
out with a gs-specific group, leaving comp.sys.apple2 and
comp.sys.apple2gs. There are more people to vote that way!