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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group
Subject: Re: the recent rmgroups have started me thinking ...
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Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 09:55:22 EST
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> perhaps two years.  somewhere along the way, either the net falls apart
> into sections (communicating through moderated gateways) that are more
> manageable, a large fraction of the newsgroups become moderated, or the
> net falls apart.  i do not believe that there are any other likely
> scenarios.

How about "the volume reaches some sort of peak as longer and longer delays
start to turn off the less dedicated members"? Perhaps if each backbone
deliberately added a delay, at least for non-technical groups, this
theory could be tested.

I more or less agree with the rest of your message.
-- 
Name: Peter da Silva
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