Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!emory!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: net personals ... a proposal Message-ID: <11114@gatech.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 08:41:08 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.11114 Posted: Mon Dec 3 08:41:08 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 08:48:42 EST References: <623@pucc-k> <251@flame.UUCP> Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 23 Summary: net.personals is a bad idea Let me add my voice to those claiming {net,mod}.personals as a bad idea. I think it is also a stupid idea. The distribution and content of such messages would be totally inappropriate for this network. If you want some kind of personals group, it would make much more sense to create a local group and use that. At least the readership of that group would be in the immediate vicinity of the poster and more likely (or able) to respond to any such posting. I'm sure that the folks in Europe have no wish to see articles about "Male grad student in W. Lafayette seeking female wombat for meaningful relationship." I also doubt if many people paying for their sites' participation on the net would find such postings worthwhile or useful -- possibly to the point of quitting the net. This is an information and idea exchange, not a dating service. -- Gene "8 months and counting" Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf