From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!esquire!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihnss!warren Newsgroups: net.misc,net.politics Title: (Old) Survey Results Article-I.D.: ihnss.1468 Posted: Tue Mar 8 17:16:23 1983 Received: Thu Mar 10 01:40:55 1983 Reply-To: warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery) Long ago I solicited responses to the question of whether anyone changed any fundamental attitudes due to what they read in netnews. The responses were very few, and can be summarized as follows: "I used to believe netnews was useful, now I don't" 2 "I softened my positions on some significant issues" 3 "I used to believe engineers and scientists thought alike, now I don't: 1 "No changes" 3 Sorry for the delay in this, but I wanted to make sure no responses lingered in the net. It seems clear that violent emotional flames on the network are not effective in convincing anyone of anything. The most you can hope for is to present a new argument on a subject that may make someone aware of something that they were not previously aware of. Flamers PLEASE take notice and spare the 'n' keys on all of our terminals! Warren Montgomery ihnss!warren