Xref: utzoo news.admin:3412 news.sysadmin:967 alt.flame:2674 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!lll-tis!lll-winken!ubvax!ardent!kmw From: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,alt.flame Subject: Re: A SERIOUS DILEMMA FOR THE NET Message-ID: <593@ardent.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 22:05:13 GMT References: <265@sulaco.UUCP> <1891@spdcc.COM> Reply-To: kmw@ardent.UUCP (Ken Wallich) Organization: Ardent Computer Lines: 43 In article <1891@spdcc.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >Could someone fill me in on what some of these "Portal" folks have done? >Other than the "JJ/Rob Noha" episode, I've either been oblivious to their >malfeasance given the general state of USENET, or I'm not reading the >right newsgroups. In any event, this "letter campaign" seems more than >a little bit disingenuous. [...] >-- >Steve Dyer I must agree. Allen Gwinn, William B. Thacker, Patricia O Tuama, Oleg Kiselev, John F. Haugh II and others write: A form letter (with some individual quips) telling us of grave problems at Portal. A form letter of protest posted to the net? Perhaps next we can post chain letters. Considering the reputation of some of the folks who appear to have authored this stuff, one wonders whether it is just a big forgery. I find it difficult to believe (although not impossible) that all of these folks suddenly lost the capacity for independent thought. I could understand individually crafted letters of concern, but not something like this. Like Steve I've also noticed no abnormally heavy abuses from Portal lately, just seems like the same noise level they usually maintain (although I must admit that '/portal/h:j' is in more than one of my local killfiles). If you have become disgusted with the level of noise on the net (like me), this doesn't seem like the most intellegent way of solving it. Have we decided that xeroxed (tm) group intimidation works better than individual discussion? Actually, considering how many of the discussions have digressed lately. Humm.... To the members of Usenet: Nawww. -- Ken Wallich Ardent Computer Corp uunet!ardent!kmw Sunnyvale, California, USA "Slimey? Mud hole? My HOME this is!"