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Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 07:27:29 EST
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In article <1454@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
>I figure it makes more sense to PAD with meaningless junk.
>Then when the net GODZ realize that this 'feature' adds more traffic to the
>net than it removes, maybe they'll be motivated to remove the 
>(#@*&(!^#%(#* feature in future revisions.

The idea was to reduce repetition in postings... Many news readers
have the ability to backtrack through past references, if you want 
to know what was said, there is no need to include any more article
than needed to give a bit of flavor.

Yes, it is easy to deceive.  Or you could pad it with junk.  Keep
it up, and maybe the backbone will say that it isn't worth carrying
the newsgroups where this happens.

Face it, Keith, there is a lot of traffic on the net, and many sites
are getting overwhelmed.  Cutting traffic is a laudable goal, if it
is an effort to filter out noise without censoring valid comment.
Alot of repetition (as well as these huge signatures I sometimes
see... There was one over 30 lines long...) is just noise.

Remember how close this was to being "talk.singles"?
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	(nicmad,ulysses,ihnp4)!terminus!nyssa

"I see the carrot juice worked..."  -OR-
"Why?  The Emperor must explain!"  (Where are they from?)