Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!man!crash!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc Subject: Re: A request for a new news feature. Message-ID: <2186@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 15:31:39 EST Article-I.D.: gryphon.2186 Posted: Fri Nov 6 15:31:39 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 9-Nov-87 04:46:19 EST References: <1381@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor news.admin:1356 news.misc:1107 In article <1381@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> greg@maypo.berkeley.edu (Greg) writes: >In an effort to improve the quality of postings in the talk.* and soc.* > >I came up with the "Nielsen" feature with talk.politics.misc in mind, a >news group which I would read more if the postings were better. It >would also be appropriate for soc.women, talk.religion.*, and other >infamous groups. It is probably unnecessary for the more technical >news groups. Sounds like a very desirable feature. But do you really want to know that everybody is sitting, staring at Airwick Maddening's articles in disbelief for hours on end ? ... and there is no way to measure laughter with a CRT... >Greg -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."