Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!timeinc!jim From: jim@timeinc.UUCP (Jim Scardelis) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Blocking messages from a site is perfectly legitimate Message-ID: <102@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 15:44:38 EST Article-I.D.: timeinc.102 Posted: Sun Feb 10 15:44:38 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 07:04:46 EST References: <10300006@ccvaxa.UUCP> <226@looking.UUCP> <1076@amdahl.UUCP> <147@ptsfb.UUCP> Organization: Warner Computer Systems Lines: 22 > Actually, Usenet, Inc exists now (at least for some groups). It is called > Compuserve and The Source. I've noticed that at $5 or $7.75 per hour > (respectively) people are less likely to post trash just for the fun of it. There's alot more "trash" on Compuserve than you might think...take the "netwits" group, or the games SIG, or the Hollywood gossip column, or the Multi-player games...people are just as willing to pay $6.00/hour offtime to play 'Adventure' as to write pleas for help... As for me, my Compuserve account is free, and I spend very little time online with them, finding the Usenet news to be alot more interesting than all the stuff on Compuserve. Jim Scardelis UUCP: {vax135|ihnp4}!timeinc!jim COMPUSERVE: [76703,1064] {Asst. Sysop, DRI Forum, GO-PCS13} ARPA: 1891@NJIT-EIES.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA "The opinions expressed herein are those of my computer, and are not necessarily mine, or those of my employer."