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Subject: Re: reorganization of soapbox newsgroups
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 12:03:00 EDT
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boy am i confused, what i think i understand is: if a group is
non-unix oriented and has a large readership (i.e. high traffic
volume) it is a candidate for removal, if it has a small readership
and by implication is not of interest to a great number of netters
it will be kept. hmmmmm.... a better but more painful suggestion
would be a charge back scheme for BB sites, most companies 
i fear would be unwilling to pay for net usage; eliminating non
technical "soap box" groups of large interest would turn the net
into a techno-nerd net, they are already talking in atari16 about
limiting the posting of sources to unix pgms only. I value the ability
to participate in a discussion of ideas (tehnical and non-technical)
with the net community and would pay out my own pocket to continue
to do so, so i guess my first suggestion stands. freedom is
expensive! 
Also net.jokes must be a candidate for the list or atleast mod.jokes
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