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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
Message-ID: <3188@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 01:46:31 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 01:46:31 1985
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In article <251@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Chuq:
>
>	Your required keyword *is* a newsgroup.

Well, yes and no. Required keywords allows you the utility of the newsgroup
setup without it getting in your way. Keywords can be implemented a LOT
more flexibly and be a lot more dynamic (if you want to start a new group,
simply use a required keyword of 'misc' and some set of defining keywords,
and if the keywords come into general usage allow them to migrate to the
rquired set. If a keyword goes out of favor, take it off the required
list...) than a newsgroup. Moving to keywords also allows us to
disassociate ourselves from the newsgroup as a place holder -- the subject
should be the place holder and the keywords filtering and selection
mechanisms. They do many things the same, but semantically they are much
different.

chuq
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