From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihldt!ll1!sb1!mb2b!uofm-cv!cja
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Proper use of net.followup
Article-I.D.: uofm-cv.138
Posted: Fri Nov  5 12:52:04 1982
Received: Sat Nov  6 05:58:23 1982

Regarding:

	From: uofm-cv!mb2b!sb1!ll1!ihldt!ihps3!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!cbosgd!mark (Mark Horton)
	Newsgroups: net.general
	Title: proper use of net.general and the Mac Whopper debate

		...
	However, so far I have read 6 followups in net.general and countless
	ones in net.followup.  These people should all have known better.
		...

I can understand the point about not doing followups in net.general - I hate
digging through recursive arguments in net.general as much as anybody.  But
I thought net.followup was defined precisely *for* followups:  comments,
occasionally essays, sparked by something seen in another newsgroup.  I think
this convention is one of the most useful features of this network.  Granted,
one can argue this feature is being abused by endless regurgitation of The
Great Burger Debate, but to stifle the many for sake of the few makes no
sense either.

Chuck Antonelli