Xref: utzoo rec.music.misc:39122 news.groups:16317 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!paperboy!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!bu-cs!mirror!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: rec.music.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd Message-ID: <11155@frog.UUCP> Date: 12 Jan 90 01:04:00 GMT References: <9504@hoptoad.uucp> <4430@rtech.rtech.com> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us Lines: 21 In article <4430@rtech.rtech.com>, rca@dark.rtech.COM (Bob Arnold) writes: > I too think newsgroups should be of interest to many people. But I > don't see why they should be broad, or why they shouldn't be fan clubs. > Each news article posted is replicated 20,000 times (or so, what's the latest count of USENET machines?), (frequently) sent over a crazy-quilt patchwork of telephone connections at great expense. A newsgroup of broad interest, where someone could say "Pink Floyd is OK, but they aren't all THAT hot, and here's why I think so" might justify the expense; a fan club where such a message would generate 400 "KILL THE UNBELIEVER!" replies doesn't justify the expense. A mailing list is more appropriate for a fan club; they get unwieldy with a few hundred people, but they are NOT as expensive to so many uninterested bystanders. (This isn't to be taken as a commentary on the proposed group, just on the idea of USENET fan clubs.) -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Happiness is Planet Earth in your rear-view mirror. - Sam Hurt