Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site mck-csc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!mck-csc!bmg From: bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: re: keyword based news Message-ID: <152@mck-csc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 16:35:45 EDT Article-I.D.: mck-csc.152 Posted: Tue Oct 22 16:35:45 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Oct-85 07:36:20 EDT References: <494@klipper.UUCP> <3500008@ccvaxa> <2168@ukma.UUCP> Organization: McKinsey & Company, Cambridge Systems Center Lines: 31 > > Today, write > > out a list of all the articles which you would like to read in TOMORROWS > > newspaper. Just try it and you will see why I advocate newsgroups. > > > > Bernie Gunther > > Wouldn't the default be that you would automatically see any articles with > new keywords? Yes, you could do it that way, but what about meta discussions? You don't want to read about zebras but someone is talking about the problems about talking about zebras which you do want to read. How do you deal with this? If you have a list of approved keywords for topics, this is no different from the current newsgroups, outside of being a wider newsspace (ie more names therefore smaller newsgroups). How about those who advocate the idea of keywords building it such that it works with the current system. Have the keyword system work within the newsgroup frame. If it works well, newsgroups which presently have subdivisions will loose the subdivisions because they are no longer necessary. The same goes for subdivisions (read: newsgroups) on the rest of the network. The net will then be in the state you want. If it can't be done on the newgroup level, I will find it *very* hard to beleive you can do it on the network level. If it's good, people will try it and like it. If it's bad or doesn't do what people want, you can still keep on using it. Before you re-build the world, try working on a small peice and seeing how that works. Bernie Gunther