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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.notes
Subject: Re: Information Overload and What We Can Do About It
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Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 15:10:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 21 15:10:39 1985
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In article <1408@utcsri.UUCP> mason@utcsri.UUCP (Dave mason) writes:
>The other thing I mentioned is that I had my doubts regarding using other
>people as filters.  The only use I could see would be office mates choosing
>to read different things & filling each other in on the useful bits,
>otherwise I can't see someone else's reading being a useful guide to me.

On a netwide basis, I also see a problem with this from the point of view
of privacy. I don't particularly want the net to know what I do or don't
read, so unless it is an optional system [best bet would be to set up a
special "accolade" command that generates a control message to be
transmitted, but imagine the overhead requirements of 1000 control messages
going out for every 'real' message to pass around the accolades...]
I don't see how I can support it.
-- 
Chuq Von Rospach nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA {decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui

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