Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!philmtl!ray From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd Message-ID: <927@philmtl.philips.ca> Date: 5 Jan 90 17:51:35 GMT References: <9001031655.AA04473@snowmass.scd.ucar.EDU> <50425@bbn.COM> <50457@bbn.COM> Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. - St. Laurent P.Q., Canada Lines: 18 In article <50457@bbn.COM> rshapiro@BBN.COM (Richard Shapiro) writes: >......because 90+% of the articles wouldn't interest me. If I don't care >anything about Pink Floyd, that's fine. But if I enjoy the (very) >occasional posting on r.m.misc, I lose -- I'll never see such postings >because they won't be there anymore. By consolidating yourselves into >your own group, you leave behind all the people with casual interest. The logical extension of this argument is that USENET should be structured for things in which one only has a casual interest - can you say net.tabloid? You "lose" not because the subject matter has moved elsewhere, but because you don't have the interest, or energy, to follow it there. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ray@philmt.philips.ca Philips Electronics Ltd. | ..!{uunet|philapd|philabs}!philmtl!ray 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext : 2347 (Phonemail) St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | FAX : (514) 744-6455 TLX : 05-824090