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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: Creation of alt.cyberpunk
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Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 21:00:14 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 18 21:00:14 1987
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billw@killer.UUCP (Bill Wisner) wrote:
> Could *I* persuade you to call it "alt.sf.cyberpunk"?

I'd like some clarification about whether this newsgroup is for
cyberpunk in general, or about science fiction referring to cyberpunk,
or what?  I assumed that in proposing the group, Bob wanted to have
discussions among the cyberpunks on the net...

I'd also like to remind everyone that the altnet is free because it is
useful; people carry it because they like it.  If it degenerates into
too much rubbish like other parts of the net, people will stop paying
to ship those parts around.  Though hoptoad is on the "altnet backbone"
we don't guarantee to carry all the alt groups; like everybody else, we
get to pick what we want to carry.  This in no way reflects on
alt.cyberpunk -- I would carry it; I think it would be fun to read --
but is to forestall people from thinking that alt groups are an
unlimited resource awaiting exploitation.

	John

PS:  I second Brian Reid's call to strain your vocabulary when looking
for alt newsgroup names, e.g. one pithy word is worth a thousand strung
together with dots or dashes.  Alt.cyberpunk is a good one.
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