Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!azure!chrisa From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: net.personals Message-ID: <439@azure.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 02:04:11 EDT Article-I.D.: azure.439 Posted: Thu Aug 29 02:04:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Aug-85 06:37:48 EDT References: <39@csi> <2279@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <1531@peora.UUCP> <667@pyuxc.UUCP> Reply-To: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 91 Summary: In article <667@pyuxc.UUCP> chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck) writes: >>Why is there this great enthusiasm for net.personals? > >Because there are people who want to meet other people >and want as many avenues as possible for doing so. net.singles fulfills this purpose just fine. Why add more overhead to the net? >>It seems to me to >>be a bad thing. (Actually, when I first started reading the Network News, >>I used to avoid net.singles, because I thought that was what it WAS.) > >Don't know why you say it would be a bad thing. However, if >you feel it would be, you can treat it the way you used to treat >net.singles, i.e., don't read it. I wouldn't say it was a *BAD* thing, I just don't think it's a good idea. >The main reason for a personals group is that not everyone has >lots of opportunities to meet people in "real life" (I will >agree with you that this is not real life). And it's >just possible that someone fantastic is reading this group, >but you'll never know they're fantastic because you'll never meet >them. Too true, over half the people I've "met" through this group I will probably never meet face to face. But I have been lucky enough to find a few who I have met and a few others who I might be able to meet in the future (here's keeping my fingers crossed). >Sure, you'll read their postings, but it's not the same. Your right. Reading someones postings in net.singles would be BETTER then reading them in net.personals simply because the people would be much more honest about themselves. >You could try to strike up an e-mail conversation, but how >would you know if they're interested? It becomes very obvious when someone is interested or not, all you have to do is pay attention. >Married or otherwise involved? Ask them. >Or, in some cases, what sex they are? Ask them. >A personals column allows those who are interested in meeting other >people to go to a place where there are others with the >same interest. This is not to say that one could not >strike up other "conversations" with people who have not >posted in net.personals, but simply that those who want >to avoid the embarrassment of writing to strangers can >find strangers who, by posting to net.personals, have >indicated that they would like to be written to by other >strangers. This can be done very simply. Here's a suggestion, in your .signature file, add the following line: Hi! I love to get to know people so why don't you come on up and e-mail me sometime! There's a HELLUVA lot of people reading this thing and your bound to get at least a few responses. Life, Love, Laughter, and Hope, Chris Andersen P.S. Tomorrow I will be posting my last message to this group for a while since I'm going back to school. Stay tuned because I will have a lot to say . -- tektronix!azure!chrisa SPECIAL NOTE: I have only until Aug. 29 this computer. I don't know when I will be able to get back on the net after I go back to school. Send me e-mail if you would like to keep in touch.