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From: phil@amd70.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: More on Mailing Lists
Message-ID: <4512@amd70.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 03:01:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 03:01:10 1984
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> From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP
>
> It is true that there are men on the mailing list also. The separation
> is in one direction only. It does not separate men from the mailing list
> but it seems to separate almost all women from net.women! Reason being that
> almost all articles on net.women written by women are from a small number who
> write regularly.

No one's forcing anyone to do anything. If a person prefers to use one media
over another, it must be because that media appears to be meeting the needs
of that person better. As much as one may wish that others fill one's own
wishes, they will probably fill their needs first.

> The discussions which go on on the mailing list will reach a much smaller
> group of people many of whom are not hostile or `irrational' flamers.
> As the mailing list is expanded, it will be harder and harder to filter out
> the hostile ones.

With a moderated mailing list it is very easy to determine who submits
and/or receives.

> Isn't the mailing list at least a bit like staying
> in the house for the fear of the rapist?   

Isn't this newsgroup like discussing calculus with first graders?


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