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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: New newsgroup for Radio Controlled Planes?
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 12:44:05 EST
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> ...An RC newsgroup is a good idea...

Only if it proves necessary.  Look, folks, we've seen innumerable cases
of "flash in the pan" newsgroups:  lots of enthusiasm for their creation,
lots of traffic at the start, rapid asymptotic decay to zero.  While not
wishing to insult the RC enthusiasts, there is no justification for an RC
newsgroup until they can demonstrate sustained traffic on the subject.
We've seen a lot of "oh, wow, an RC newsgroup, how wonderful" articles...
but very little actual discussion of RC.  Never mind how many people think
it's a great idea; how many of them will *participate*?

If you want to discuss RC, start discussing it.  Where?  Here, since it's
about the closest match of topic.  The time will be ripe for a separate
RC newsgroup when (and *if*!) there's enough RC-related traffic, continuing
over a substantial period of time, that the rest of us start grumbling.
If there's never enough to make us unhappy, then there really isn't enough
to justify a separate newsgroup.

In other words, if you've got something to say, start saying it!
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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