Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site grendel.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!grendel!avolio From: avolio@grendel.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Small item in favor of news moderation Message-ID: <443@grendel.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 08:40:06 EST Article-I.D.: grendel.443 Posted: Wed Feb 20 08:40:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Feb-85 20:36:41 EST Distribution: net Organization: DEC ULTRIX Applications Center, MD Lines: 7 Putting aside censorship issues, etc. there is obviously far too much repetition of information on the net. Example: in response to a request for book title in net.sf-lovers, (so far) 24 folks -- or more -- have responded using 30646 bytes to do so. (Bytes used for comparisons only -- actual disk usage may vary with driving habits.) -- Fred Avolio {decvax,seismo}!grendel!avolio 301/731-4100 x4227