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From: cwb@cbneb.UUCP (Bill Brown)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Destroying Unused Newsgroups: A Proposal
Message-ID: <185@cbneb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Dec-83 08:13:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 22 08:13:40 1983
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I think 2 articles per week as a threshold for destroying a newsgroup
is too severe to be applied in general.   Some of the newsgroups are
quite specialized and have little traffic.  But I've gained some important
information -- or at least had great interest -- in some of the few
articles that appear.  What's the harm, really, if a newsgroup sits
around and gets used a few times a year?  If there's little traffic,
there's little cost, either in storage space or in transmission cost.
I just don't buy the idea that a large list of newsgroups inhibits new
users: I introduced one person to the network BECAUSE of his interest
in the subject of one of the little-used newsgroups in net.rec.
Let's keep the network rich in its diversity.
				
					Bill Brown