Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!runx!clubmac
From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Too Much Traffic in this group
Message-ID: <1906@runx.ips.oz>
Date: 23 Dec 88 14:07:14 GMT
References: <6895@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: clubmac@runx.OZ (Australia's Largest Mac Users Group)
Organization: RUNX  Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia.
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In article <6895@spool.cs.wisc.edu> zeiden@ai.cs.wisc.edu (Matthew Zeidenberg) writes:
>I like reading this group, but it has too much traffic. It is hard
>to read the stuff of interest between all the messages asking for
>advice on what hard disk and/or computer to buy. Therefore
>I propose that it be split into about 10 groups. Here is a 
>suggested list, off the top of my head.
>
>	comp.sys.mac.disks
>	comp.sys.mac.memory
>	comp.sys.mac.utilities
>	comp.sys.mac.wordp-and-DTP
>	comp.sys.mac.graphics
>	comp.sys.mac.for-sale
>	comp.sys.mac.misc
>	comp.sys.mac.questions
>	comp.sys.mac.DAs-and-INITS 
>	comp.sys.macII
>
>I don't know how to do this, but one method might be to
>take a vote on whether to split the group, and, if that
>passes, vote on how many groups to split it into, and
>then have people vote for n subgroups out of m>n proposed
>subgroups. I don't know enough about how USENET is run
>to know whether this is feasible.
>
>A couple of unrelated questions (unrelated to the above
>and to each other):
>
>1. Where can I get a copy of  binhex 4.0?
>2. Has anyone a definitive list of ftp sites?

Why is it that every Christmas, the sane subscribers to comp.sys.mac are
confronted with a wave of bozos making suggestions to fragment comp.sys.mac
into a dozen or so pieces? I think comp.sys.mac.{hypercard,programmer} are
already a *PAIN IN THE ARSE* ! Over two-thirds of the messages are cross
posted, which defeats the purpose of separate newsgroups!

To split up comp.sys.mac any more would make it impossible to read. Thanks
to the currect {hypercard,programmer} split, I waste time reading cross-posted
messages.

Please, let's not start destroying comp.sys.mac.


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

Jason Haines - President, Club Mac
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