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From: jfh@killer.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Novel new idea to stop followups
Message-ID: <2258@killer.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:22:14 EST
Article-I.D.: killer.2258
Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:22:14 1987
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References: <1173@looking.UUCP>
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Summary: Things be bad in net land ...

In article <1173@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> I just had an interesting thought for future versions of news.
  [ idea deleted ... ]
> You make call this drastic, but people are leaving the net in great numbers
> these days.  Almost as fast as people are joining.
>
> Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473

I like the idea of lowering net traffic.  As one of the Bigger Unix.Gods
wrote to me recently, (paraphrasing) "I don't read netnews because the
signal to noise ratio is too high".

What an incredible loss this is to those of us who need the feedback these
guys have to offer.

- John.
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