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From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: monopolizing net.singles
Message-ID: <405@azure.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 22:25:37 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  3 22:25:37 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Aug-85 08:35:21 EDT
References: <873@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Reply-To: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
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Summary: 

In article <873@vax2.fluke.UUCP> cassidy@fluke.UUCP (Rion Cassidy) writes:
>What's going on with this newsgroup?
>Is Chris Andersen the moderator? Does he think he's the only contributor?
>I thought the purpose of the various newsgroups was to provide a medium for
>discussion for all, not a monopolization by a few.
>I didn't bother to count, but Chris posted somewhere around ten articles just
>today.  
>Am I out of line? Am I being unreasonable in asking someone to not respond to
>every other article that gets posted?  If we don't use a little discretion,
>they'll start moderating this newsgroup and no one will be able to post
>anything freely.
>What do the rest of you think?

Okay, how should I respond to this?  I thought about going through e-mail on
this, but I wanted to ask the net a question because of it.   That is:

Am I saying to much and if I am, how many people want me to stop?

A few weeks ago when I started the "Hug" discussion I made a few postings that
got quite a few positive messages in my mail box.  Well, this set me off 
(mostly because I've never gotten so much attention in my life before) and I
did overdue it a little on the postings.  Almost to the point where I was
posting messages instead of articles.

And I'm sorry for that.  If you will remember, I posted something a while back
about my laying low for a while because the discussion HAD brought to many
emotions to the surface.  Since then, I have replied more often through mail
then I have through the net.


(pet peeve time)

I once mentioned something on here about people complaining about a posting
but not sending those complaints directly to the poster through e-mail.  Now
I see Rion complaining about me openly on the net.

Why did he do this?

He could have sent me a personal message.  He could have e-mailed my SA (though
I don't think I've been so much of a burden on the net as to require
something THAT drastic).  But he didn't.

Now if I was a paranoid personality (actually, I am just a little, but not 
full blown) I would think that Rion is trying to rally the net against me.
And wouldn't I be justified in believing this?

(end pet peeve time)


Life,
  Love,
    Laughter,
      and Hope,

	Chris Andersen


P.S. Rion, e-mail if you want to say anything to this that has nothing to do
with net.singles.
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