Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +SENDMAIL+2.11; site dcl-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!craig From: craig@dcl-cs.UUCP (Craig Wylie) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: voting methods Message-ID: <764@dcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 06:14:05 EST Article-I.D.: dcl-cs.764 Posted: Thu Nov 7 06:14:05 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Nov-85 03:59:59 EST References: <656@neuro1.UUCP> Reply-To: craig@dcl-cs.UUCP (Craig Wylie) Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University. Lines: 43 In article <656@neuro1.UUCP> sob@neuro1.UUCP (Stan Barber) writes: >A few questions and thoughts on voting. > >I think that voting here is haphazard at best. I think it could be automated >much as the other control messages are automated on usenet. If a vote need >be taken, a control message (call it getvote) is issued on the network. >When the news software encounters this message (when user is reading the >group), it asks the user to cast a vote (Yes, No, No Opinion) and perhaps >asks for comments. The user casts a vote, and the software stores the vote >for later tabulation. > >Now the questions: > >1. Is this a good idea, or am I just wasting bandwidth? After the recent screaming and shouting about net.internat and net.flame I would say its not a waste of bandwidth -- a vital discussion. >2. If it is a good idea, would requests for votes be posted to >net.news.group for new groups or rmgroups or should it be posted to net.general >or some place where more people would have a chance to vote? Would it be necessary to post it to *any* particular group, or perhaps linking it to any number of groups (including all/any). would be a solution. I feel it would be useful to know how many people are reading any particular newsgroup -- we have been discussing deleting groups and a more accurate knoledge of their readership might prevent some of the arguments ( ie:- No one ever reads this group, oh yes we do, since when smart ****** ect.... ;-)). To this end perhaps a control message that reported on group readership over a set period from the time the message was received and then reported back to the sender. Note that this is as well as the voting request suggested by Stan Barber. >3. What about sites that continue to run archaic netnews or notes? What >if anything should be done for them? > Really shouldn't people be running a recentish version -- even spaf stated that he had little sympathy for people running old software when new stuff was available. Craig.