Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION: Split the c.s.a group more? Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 90 17:55:01 GMT References: <1990Oct6.051722.7143@zorch.SF-Bay.ORGKD> <3378@corpane.UUCP> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 27 In article <3378@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: > You realize, don't you, that splitting up the groups won't make it easier > to keep up with, it will end up being worse, as each and every group will > generate MORE postings, rather than less. So each supbgroup will have as > much traffic as comp.sys.amiga does now. :-) That is EXACTLY what the result of this current strategy will be. If you want to promote discussion of something you start a new hierarchy and follow this strategy. We need a strategy that will result in LESS messages for people to read. Case in point: I voted for comp.sys.amiga.games. Now, there is about as much traffic in comp.sys.amiga and comp.sys.games BUT I don't read comp.sys.games so it saves ME time. We need to create a newsgroup that I WOULDN'T WANT TO READ! :-) In a future post I will use the above strategy (in a serious mode) to propose a newsgroup. -Tom -- tlimonce@drew.edu Tom Limoncelli "Freedom and justice tlimonce@drew.uucp +1 201 408 5389 are opposites" tlimonce@drew.Bitnet limonce@pilot.njin.net -me