Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!faigin From: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: net.flame Message-ID: <2104@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 12:01:03 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2104 Posted: Thu Jun 27 12:01:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:03:35 EDT Reply-To: faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) Distribution: net Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 31 Summary: Suggestion: Keep Flames in a LOCAL newsgroup, not NET [look three times before you jump into the fray] It looks like, from the discussion I have read, that net.flame has gotten out of control. It destroys reputations, creates useless traffic, and opens the net up to libel. Question: Why do flames have to be worldwide. Why do they have to be distributed at all. The purpose of net.flame is to get aggression "off of your chest", e.g., to release steam. This can be done locally just fine. Proposal: A newsgroup for flaming is appropriate. However, it should not be distributed. Therefore, what I propose is that net.flame be removed and replaced at each site by a site local "flame" newsgroup. If certain sites want such a newsgroup but cannot afford the storage, allow people to post the flames but send them immediately to /dev/null. After all, it is the action of posting the flame that is effective, not necessarily the responses to it. Daniel -- UUCP: {akgua allegra ihnp4 hplabs sdcsvax trwrb cbosgd}!sdcrdcf!faigin ARPA: sdcrdcf!faigin@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA --or-- sdcrdcf!faigin@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU W: SDC, 2500 Colorado MD 52-46; Santa Monica CA 90406; (213) 820-4111 x6493 H: 11743 Darlington Avenue #9; Los Angeles CA 90049; (213) 826-3357 Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. -- A. J. Perlis, SIGPLAN 17:9 Sept 1982