Newsgroups: news.admin
Path: utzoo!sq!msb
From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: The Dynamics of Debate on USENET
Message-ID: <1989Oct1.233559.8061@sq.sq.com>
Reply-To: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto
References: <35033@apple.Apple.COM> <46115@bbn.COM> <35037@apple.Apple.COM> <147@isgtec.UUCP>   
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 89 23:35:59 GMT

> > Interestingly, USENET debates have a property that doesn't exist with
> > face-to-face debates: multiple participants separated by huge
> > temporal delays.

> I tend not to give much credence to this argument these days, because
> of the low propagation times of the NNTP massfeed hubs ...
> [though] this is by no means true for everyone.

Well, speaking from a site which news often takes 2-3 days to reach AFTER
it reaches the city, I can sure agree that it isn't true for everyone.
Can someone in a position to know much about it please post to tell just
how widespread these NNTP links are these days?

By the way, this topic, while fascinating, *certainly* does not belong
in news.admin...

-- 
Mark Brader		For I do not believe that the stars are spread over a
Toronto			spherical surface at equal distances from one center;
utzoo!sq!msb		I suppose their distances from us to vary so much that
msb@sq.com		some are 2 or 3 times as remote as others.   -- Galileo

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