Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!peter From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group Subject: Re: the recent rmgroups have started me thinking ... Message-ID: <420@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 09:55:22 EST Article-I.D.: graffiti.420 Posted: Sat Nov 9 09:55:22 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 05:42:04 EST References: <179@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1823@hao.UUCP> <255@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1835@hao.UUCP> <244@polaris.UUCP> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.news:4317 net.news.group:4437 > 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 Graphic: `-_-' UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter