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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Rich Rosen costs the net $10,000
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 18:24:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 18:24:19 1985
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> 
> 	I recently read somewhere that if Rich Rosen were a site, he would
> be number 2 in total volume.  Well folks, it seems that he *is* a site.
> Over the past two weeks, he produced every single article to come out of
> pyuxd, which is indeed the number 2 site.  Can't we loose this clown?  From
> the latest mod.newslists postings by seismo!rick:
> 

Rosen makes very good use of his bandwidth.  People actually read what
Rich posts.  What bothers me more and is the decline of usenet is not
these people but the people who insist on posting multiple copies of
things, encapsulating the entire item just to say "Hello", not trimming
the headers.  In addition, as far as my time is concerned, not editing
the subject appropriately after the topic of conversation has been changed.

Better use of the net could be made if we forced regional distributions.
There are enough people in any one area of the world to hold a really good
discussion in most of these groups.  Sites supporting real news-lovers
would pay the long distance bills to put their machine in more than
one region.

Other large posters such as the Guy Harris's, etc...do the network a
favor.  These people are articulate and knowledgable.  By rapid reply
to net inquiriesthey help forstall the rash of repetative and sometimes
wrong answers that usually follow.

-Ron

[Rich Rosen for Net President]