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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: nuke net.general?
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Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 23:47:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 19 23:47:41 1984
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I'd suggest biting the bullet and keeping it.  Removing it
(a more pleasant word than "nuke") wouldn't cut the volume
of junk -- it would just move into net.unix-wizards and/or
other "useful" groups.

Unfortunately, the only solution to the volume of junk requires
changing the nature of USENET from a self-policed anarchy
to a moderated, or semi-moderated set of discussion groups.
(The Arpanet Human-nets and SF-Lovers are examples of moderated
groups.)

I have a gut feel that if system administrators can "moderate"
submissions from their sites (postnews mails the submission
to root which "releases" it further), we'll lose a valuable
exchange of opinions and ideas -- and come to regret that loss.

(Replies by mail, please -- I don't subscribe to net.news.group.)

Martin Minow
decvax!minow