Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version VT1.00C 11/1/84; site vortex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) Newsgroups: net.news,net.misc Subject: Re: A USENET Competitor Message-ID: <711@vortex.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 13:33:52 EDT Article-I.D.: vortex.711 Posted: Fri Jul 12 13:33:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:30:34 EDT References: <481@qantel.UUCP> Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.news:3630 net.misc:8229 Sounds like a BBS to me. Or like the conferences that SOURCE and several other organizations run. They are all generally limited by their facilties so volume isn't too much of a problem. Of course, since they have your credit card number, and presumably other information about you as well, they can pin an illegal message on the poster him or herself pretty easily. Of course, as the volume of noise increases (how much of their capacity is being wasted by messages about the New Coke right now?) they'll probably find themselves forced into the choice of moderating the discussions or losing subscribers who don't want to wade through all the muck. On any centralized system, the time it takes to "wade" is significant to others as well as to the "wader," since it ties up dialup or other access lines for extended periods, blocking out other users. --Lauren--