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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: NO more restrictions on discussion (was NO more Mac VS Amiga)
Message-ID: <1520@mordor.s1.gov>
Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 10:54:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  3 10:54:01 1987
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Reply-To: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner)
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It appears that the USENET backbone sites strongly favor condensing
the moderated and unmoderated Mac and Amiga newsgroups into a single
*moderated* group.  (This excludes "sources" and "binaries" moderated
groups, which would still be separate.) One of the reasons for this
is the high level of traffic.

The debate regarding the supposed superiority of the Mac, Amiga,
ST (or whatever else) raises the traffic level and increases the
chances that these groups will be forced into moderation.

I think moderation is generally a good idea, but I gather that most
readers of these newsgroups don't.  (Certainly the Amiga enthusiasts
have been vocally opposed to it in the discussion in "news.groups".)
So, you might consider it in your (and everyone else's) best interest
to reduce the volume of "my computer is better than yours" traffic.

P.S. (1) I have nothing to do with the USENET newsgroup reorganization,
except that I am a site administrator and read "news.groups".
(2) If you want to discuss the future of the newsgroup for the Mac, Amiga,
ST, PC, or any other machine, please subscribe to "news.groups" and make
your comments there (don't cross-post to your favorite micro newsgroup).
-- 
  John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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