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From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Juvenile use of Followup-To header line
Message-ID: <267@azure.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Jun-85 22:57:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: azure.267
Posted: Sat Jun 15 22:57:33 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Jun-85 04:21:26 EDT
References: <146@epicen.UUCP> <5973@ucla-cs.ARPA>
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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> In article <146@epicen.UUCP> jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:
> >In an incredible display of maturity, Alex Quilici of UCLA put a Followup-To
> >line that will send all followups to his message to net.abortion and
> >net.lang.pascal...
> >Joe Buck		Entropic Processing, Inc. (epi)
> >	  		{ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!epicen!jbuck
> 
> Spare me the self-righteous bullshit, ok?  We made a little bet
> here that some asshole would notice the followup line and
> complain to the whole net, bothering every one in sight.  And guess
> what, you win!  We also made a bet that most intelligent people
> would realize that this was a joke and not actually followup to those
> groups (both of which I read).  And no one has.  Except you.
> Now don't you feel stupid, dumb-shit.
> 
> Alex
> Just wait until Alex and Scott get back from vacation and read this...

Alex, if people want to see jokes, they'll read net.jokes.  If they want to
see something else, they'll read other net.* where they expect not to be
bothered by useless garbage (of course this is a pipe-dream).  There is
already enough volume of stuff that isn't needed on the net without things
like this uselessly increasing said volume.  It increases the cost of the net
to everyone (including you) and makes it all the more likely that the service
will be discontinued to a site.   

If you must make a joke, 1) quit with the practical jokes and tell real ones,
2) put them in net.jokes where they belong.

Chris Andersen
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