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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: news.misc,alt.flame,soc.singles
Subject: Re: New netnews hierarchy "me"
Summary: Ok, who forged a Crawford ?
Message-ID: <4473@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 88 05:50:10 GMT
References: <0014821@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Followup-To: misc.test
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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DOCTOR sys_admin writes:
>What the net needs, in my opinion, is a hierarchy in which the people
>can have whatever they want.  In token of "the me decade", I call
>this new hierarchy "me".  In the "me" newsgroups, you can create any
>newsgroup you want, for any reason.  You can name a newsgroup after
>yourself, your favorite TV show, or your pet goldfish.  It can be
>moderated or not, as you prefer.  You need not publish a charter for
>your newsgroup is you don't want to.  All you have to do to join the
>"me" net is to edit your "sys" file and add ",me" to the list of
>distributions your own system subscribes to.  You will then have
>access to the "me" network, unrestricted by any overseers, cabals,
>conspiracies or consortia.
>

Oh great. I can see it now:

me.matt
you.pooh




i.puke



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richard@gryphon.CTS.COM                               {backbone}!gryphon!richard