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From: gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION --DEPECHE MODE NEWSGROUP--
Message-ID: <571@sci34hub.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 90 01:38:31 GMT
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In article <18966@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, danno@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Danno) writes:
> While I like the idea, I'm not sure that there's so much Depeche Mode
> being discussed that we need a newsgroup.  What about a mailing list?

I went and looked in rec.music.misc. With a 14 day expire (oldest article
was 1/20, today is 2/2) I found 934 articles, with 38 that mentioned this
bunch in some way. That figures out to 4%. 

38 postings in 14 days is not anywhere near enough traffic for a
newsgroup, IMHO. Go with a mailing list until you've got about 200
names on it--then, you'll have enough people to vote in a group, 
and enough posters to justify it.

Flames to TROUNDS@BITNET

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