Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!rex!uflorida!haven!uvaarpa!virginia!toylnd!dca From: dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Discussion topics (was Re: suggestion) Message-ID: <285@toylnd.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 05:58:17 GMT References: <1377.AA1377@caleb> <402@eagle.wesleyan.edu>Organization: Dave & Anne, Charlottesville VA. Lines: 23 In article , limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) writes: > MCIBTYC (My Computer Is Better Than Your Computer) and "Is Piracy OK?" > are two truly important topics of discussion and are very worthy of as > much net.bandwidth as possible. > Maybe the solution is to create a newsgroup (or multiple newsgroups, > since there are more than one topic) specifically for those topics? Personally, I don't think there is a solution. A new newsgroup won't solve the problem because no one in their right mind will subscribe to it. The reason these topics are such bandwidth wasters is that they are very inflammatory. Virtually everyone has some opinion on these subjects even if it's just 'shut up already'. All it takes is one posting by someone who strikes a nerve among many people and you have a wad of responses. Consider the amount of new people who circulate through this group and haven't survived the piracy or MCIBTYC discussion in the previous 6 months and many of which undoubtably haven't read the introduction to comp.sys.amiga posting. Add the vast range of mental ages and degrees of detachment from reality. Add the ping-pong nature of the net where end-to-end responses can take a week or more. Stir well. Good luck. David Albrecht