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!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Net.software.projects group idea--Not a good idea Message-ID: <753@vortex.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 14:23:22 EDT Article-I.D.: vortex.753 Posted: Fri Aug 23 14:23:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 06:27:54 EDT References: <350@eneevax.UUCP> Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles Lines: 27 Gee, it's SO NICE to learn that Todd has become God of the Network. "Either I will create it or so and so will!" he says. That sort of attitude will KILL THIS NETWORK. Ya wanna see what's gonna happen when everybody and his brother decides that 20 or 30 people want to discuss some random topic and simply declare they're going to create the group? As a practical matter, the only person who really should be creating groups is the person who maintains the master group lists. "I want it so I'll create it," he says. Sounds like a little child who wants candy. Note that I'm not saying anything about the pluses or minuses regarding the groups at this point--I'm just pointing out that the attitude of "since I want it I'll create it" is infantile and dangerous for the structure of the entire network. Not just in this particular case, but in general as other people decide they can create whatever groups THEY want based on their own nebulous criteria. I will be generating a long message discussing the reasons why the projects group is a bad idea, point by point, shortly. In the meantime, I have received something like 30 messages from people saying they think the group is a bad idea--but many have expressed the fear of saying this to the network publicly since they're afraid (possibly quite rightly) that they'll be harrassed. I encourage these people to say publicly what they've been saying to me in private mail. --Lauren--