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From: rose@uw-june (Scott Rose)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: net.consumer -- another newsgroup
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Date: Sat, 28-Apr-84 00:26:29 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 28 00:26:29 1984
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That seems at only first glance to be a good idea, methinks.  The potential
  for abuse is just too large.  While I trust the judgement of some of the
  people I know well to give an objective assessment of goods or services
  received, can one trust the judgement of a total stranger?  Sad but true,
  the net represents a slice of general humanity, which therefore includes
  a hefty portion of people who have little or no capacity for objectivity.
  The point is that a reputable business operation can very easily be slan-
  dered and suffer injury at the hands of an unreasonable person; the temp-
  tation to steer away from businesses against which we have been warned
  will be great, even in the absence of any real evidence to justify a
  virtual boycott.
Better, I think, not to open this particular avenue of potential abuse.