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From: vnend@engr.uky.edu (D. V. W. James)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Re: Novel new idea to stop followups
Message-ID: <1845@ukecc.engr.uky.edu>
Date: 9 Dec 87 06:24:12 GMT
References: <1173@looking.UUCP> <2476@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <2063@isis.UUCP> <19046@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: vnend@engr.uky.edu (D. V. W. James)
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In article <19046@bbn.COM> jbatson@tron.bbn.com.UUCP (James Batson) writes:
>Certainly, the time elapsed until they get to actually draft their
>follow up will have it's universal effect of dulling highly emotional
>reactions, and maybe the length of flames will decrease given this.
>Jay Batson

	Questionable.  If the article made them steam the first time
around, re-reading it the secondtime around (while editing out parts
for the posting) is likely to rekindle the flames.  So all of the 
emotion of the original would still be there, with whatever effects 
smoldering for X length of time adds in.  
	It's an interesting idea, but lets *test* it before we 
implement it.  


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