From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!mel
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Usenet Etiquette -- Please Read
Article-I.D.: houxm.260
Posted: Wed Nov 24 16:03:30 1982
Received: Thu Nov 25 09:29:53 1982
References: ixn5c.516

I certainly agree with Jerry Gray (ixn5c.516) that Usenet should
permit the same informality as the office, with two additional
observations:
1.) All your "conversations" on Usenet may be overheard.  I
don't expect my office to be bugged, and sometimes let slip
some comments that shouldn't be heard by others.  We must always be
aware that our Usenet submissions are read by a lot of people.
2.) Since Usenet is new, and represents a powerful tool in our
jobs, it is worth a lot to make it fun to use.  Most new users
try it out in one of the "frivolous" groups, and many of the
users would not read it at all except for the interesting,
non-work related articles.
       Mel Haas  ,  houxm!mel