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From: jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: I think comp.sys.amiga needs to be split up
Message-ID: <1981@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 15:11:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: gryphon.1981
Posted: Tue Oct 20 15:11:46 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 23-Oct-87 06:32:34 EDT
References: <14209@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <1843@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <5485@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <1870@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM (Joanne Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs
Lines: 30
Keywords: split comp.sys.mac comp.sys.amiga
Summary: Prolly not

In article <1870@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> page@swan.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>[the original article in news.groups was about splitting the Mac group]
>

I suspect we should not do anything hasty. Unless such a split performs a very
important function it should be avoided. Speaking from my modest couple years
experience in moderating on bix there would at best be perhaps 4 or 5 topics
worth of split that would be fruitful and one additional that would be nice.
Something along the lines of "general", "softw.des", "products", and "hardware"
might work. If things DO get split another topic that would not be used enough
unless someone got ruthless "moderating" this melange would be "flames".

Now the main question becomes "Are there compelling reasons for introducing
this major transient in the network?" Perhaps it would save space? I doubt
there would be many nodes with such a homogeneous collection of folks that
they wouldn't end up carrying all thirty splinter topics if there were that
many. Perhaps it would save reading time? I doubt it. I find there is just
enough cross interest on BIX that resigning a topic (even flames!) can result
in missing some important gems as discussions wander.

Hm, I babbled too much - bye!

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