Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site klipper.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep From: biep@klipper.UUCP (J.A. 'Biep' Durieux) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.news.group Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism Message-ID: <329@klipper.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 07:31:32 EDT Article-I.D.: klipper.329 Posted: Thu Oct 18 07:31:32 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 06:52:34 EDT References: <3886@decwrl.UUCP> <1574@nsc.UUCP> <200@bragvax.UUCP> <371@amdahl.UUCP> <> Sender: Biep himself Reply-To: biep@klipper.UUCP (J.A. 'Biep' Durieux) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 44 Keywords: Keywords, Selection Summary: Creating corners for splinter discussions e fact [especially in newsgroups like net.politics] some people want to provide facts, others want to flame, etc. I think a so- lution could be found in a more consequent use of keywords. My pnews program provides a header line `Keywords:'. If news could be selected on a logical expression of keywords [e.g.: Facts & ~Flame], and people would be willing to use the header line [I guess that will be the problem], news reading could be worthwile again. Special discussions could be given the keyword `Special', so people with `~Special' in their selector would never see them. Christian discussions about motts? OK, in net.motts even, if you want, but then with keywords `Special, Christian', so people not wanting to read them shouldn't have to. It of course requires an adaptation of newsread programs, enabling such filters [or do they exist already, without having to be invoked especially?]. Another advantage is that creating new newsgroups will become unnecessary. [of course, the Keywords header should be inherited in followups!] net.general=all news with *no keywords at all*; all followups get default `followup' as a keyword; flames as "This article doesn't belong in this newsgroup" should be replaces by "This article should contain the keywords ... ", and, finally: people wanting to talk about something just make their own place. I stop, for I see that wat began as a minor proposal is ending up being a revolutionary pamphlet. Biep. {seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep P.S.: A `special' discussion is a discussion provoking flames merely because of ist existence.