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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.singles
Subject: Re: net.personals
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 10:24:45 EDT
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>>If you want to post a personal, post it to net.singles. If a huge volume
>>results, who knows, maybe net.personals will be created.

>I agree.  If so many people want net.personals, why not just post them 
>to net.singles.  I suppose no one wants to be the first one- I sure
>don't.  Is there anyone out there with any guts?

>>If you want to post a personal, post it to net.singles. If a huge volume
>>results, who knows, maybe net.personals will be created.  Your mailbox
>>may fill up with flames too. But should net.personals be a nationwide
>>group? Presumably you only want to meet someone in your neighborhood.

The idea of posting a personal ad in net.singles is about as appealing
as going into a department store and yelling at the top of one's lungs
"I'm single, and I'd like to meet a potential MOTAS."

Net.personals would be a place that people could read/post ads
for the express purpose of meeting
people who want to meet other people.  
They would not have to embarrass themselves
or others by expressing their desires to 
uninterested parties.  In other words,
it would serve the same purpose as personal
ads, or, for that matter, singles bars.
This would ensure a bit of privacy for those posting
and keep net.singles from being glutted with ads.
(Not much privacy, granted, but at least anyone wishing to read
ads just for laughs would have to make a special effort
to do so).  Those who aren't interested needn't post to/read the
group, and those who are would know that those posting are
potentially interested in meeting others.

It seems like there's a (small, but growing) majority
in favor of this proposal, so what's the problem?