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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: cleaning up the net -- software sol
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 10:06:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 10:06:00 1985
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!preece    Jul 16 09:06:00 1985


I don't like the hitlist idea and I don't like length restrictions, but
I think the other two suggestions are very sensible indeed.  They
allow users to specifically go around the protective mechanism when
they think it's important to do so (for instance, by posting an item
twice, in different groups, instead of just cross posting, but they
take care of the accidental transgressor.

I don't mind the hitlist if it only controls the DISPLAY of items,
but I still think the flow THROUGH a site should be untrammeled.

Length limits are a definite lose.  Some things take a lot of words
to say.  I've seen a lot of well thought out, cogent presentations
that went on for many pages (as well as many irrational, silly,
or otherwise vacuous over-long notes).  If someone wants to spend
the time it takes to type in a tousand lines of text, that should
be the cost of admission.  On the other hand, I would love to see
some way of inhibiting extensive quotation.  I don't see any such
at the moment, except for immediate, massive flaming at those who
quote excessively.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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