Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!nadya From: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: How net.personals would work Message-ID: <3591@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 04:34:02 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3591 Posted: Tue Sep 17 04:34:02 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 05:12:07 EDT References: <3850024@csd2.UUCP> <211@laidbak.UUCP> <675@adobe.UUCP> Reply-To: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib) Distribution: net Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 25 Keywords: ridiculous In article <675@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes: >In article <211@laidbak.UUCP> jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) writes: >1>In article <3850024@csd2.UUCP> schwrtze@csd2.UUCP (Eric Schwartz group) writes: >>>It just occured to me that if a net.personals was to be considered then >>>surely one person would moderate it and leave No name or site address >> >>By way of insuring privacy, perhaps the ideal solution >>would be to automate the whole process. > >This is all bullshit. > >The reason net.personals is such a good idea is that nobody has to go through >anybody else (like a moderator) to get "set up" with some dream-body. > >The reason it is such a bad idea is that nobody will post to it, because >nobody wants to be made a fool of on the net, and because it is ridiculous to >have somebody moderate something like this. > Who is going to be made a fool of? Probably someone who has a phobia about being open and free. You sound too uptight. Maybe you need a vacation? This isn't net.flame you know. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com