Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ittvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!hagouel From: hagouel@ittvax.UUCP (Jack Hagouel) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.singles Subject: Re: The realities of mod.personal Message-ID: <1545@ittvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 13:44:27 EST Article-I.D.: ittvax.1545 Posted: Mon Dec 10 13:44:27 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 04:04:35 EST References: <1946@nsc.UUCP> Organization: ITT-ATC, Stratford Ct. Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.news.group:2623 net.singles:4815 From Chuq: > In case you haven't noticed, Usenet is spread over a rather wide geographic > area. Like, for example, the earth. There are sites in Asia, in Australia, > in Europe and in the United States and Canada. > > The thought of running a personal advertisement over that area and have any > chance of having something positive happen is ludicrous. > It is always possible to assign moderators for densely (net)populated areas like NY, NJ, SF, LA and possibly campuses. This will limit the distribution to a manageable location. I think that personal ads on the network is a terrific idea. It allows contact of people with similar intrerests (i.e. list groups subscribed) in a non-invasive manner (exchange of messages is different than exchange of addresses or telephones) Furthermore, it will increase the network user community by offering a (popular?) service which does not exist today. Jack