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From: jmc@ptsfb.UUCP (Jerry Carlin)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: net overload--new vs. old netters
Message-ID: <163@ptsfb.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 11:22:29 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 11:22:29 1985
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Summary: 


One thing that CompuServe did for the IBM PC SIG that might help is to
create groups for new users. Part of the problem is that new users will
tend to ask the same questions as old timers did a few years ago. Thus
we might have net.unix.newcomers.

If we expand the concept of newusers files this might also help. We
could perhaps create a 'database' of such things as answers to commonly
asked questions, handy techniques and explanations to tricky (and common)
problems. This would be an 'archiver' not a moderator since the person
would operate after the fact.

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