From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!msm@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: signatures
Article-I.D.: sytek.183
Posted: Tue Jul 20 18:36:04 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 06:14:23 1982

Regarding ittvax!sii!mem's comments concerning signatures on newsarticles:

I am sure that most places on the USENET receive from lines of over one line
in length.  Just trying to read all that garbage is difficult;  most people
usually don't bother.  A "real" name is easier to read and therefore
easier to remember (when compared to the "garbage").

Why would people want to remember a name?  To try and provide some
continuity of discussion is one reason.  

Michael S. Maiten
Silicon Gulch, California