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From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Yet Another Proposal to Improve the Net
Message-ID: <11838@gatech.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 11:55:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 11:55:33 1985
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Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford)
Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech
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Summary: 

About 6 months ago, someone made the suggestion to create a
"net.personals".  The idea was discussed at some length in
net.news.group (which, BTW, is the proper group for discussing proposed
and current newsgroups).  The idea was almost universally rejected for
the same reason we don't have a "net.forsale" -- it would indirectly
encourage people to post items net-wide which have only a regional
interest.  The netters in Sweden and England most likely aren't
interested in replying to carpool ads, and the folks in Korea and
Australia aren't going to be very interested in "67 Chevy for sale in
NJ" postings.

If anyone thinks that net traffic should include personal ads of any
sort, then create a LOCAL newsgroup to handle it.  A state or regional
distribution is fine, but NOT "net".

-- 
Gene "6 months and counting" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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