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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: rmgrouping
Message-ID: <818@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 19:10:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 19:10:35 1985
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Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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In article <1059@decwrl.UUCP> chabot@amber.DEC writes:
>
>Let's get rid of net.unix.  The signal to noise ratio is ~ 0:100.

	I disagree, I think it is more like 50:50!
>
>Furthermore, let's get rid of all the non-work related topics:
>net.sf-lovers, net.books, net.singles, net.cooks, net.startrek,
>net.rec.nude...all that stuff. 
>
>I hope all those who've been posting articles about why other newsgroups should
>be deleted because of their high noise or their lack of relevance will not
>hesitate to jump on the bandwagon and post their requests to get rid of all
>the net junk.  
>
	Well, I do not find many of these groups to have a
particularly high signal/noise ratio, they are mostly just on topics I
am not interested in. But is *my* lack of interest really
justification for calling the material *junk* or *noise*, I do not
think so. As for lack of relevance, I think of it as an employee
relations matter, like having a corporate tennis court or gymnasium.
The main function of these groups is *morale*, keeping employees happy
and satisfied. I find the ability to exchange interesting ideas with
people around the world to be a very exhilerating experience, and
would be very disappointed to lose that ability. As it is I try to
restrict my reading of the "entertainment" groups to my off hours,
such as lunch time or weekends.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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