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Article #35788Re: Too Much Traffic in this group
From: Macintosh Users Group
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 14:07
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1988 14:07
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In article <6895@spool.cs.wisc.edu> zeiden@ai.cs.wisc.edu (Matthew Zeidenberg) writes:
>I like reading this group, but it has too much traffic. It is hard
>to read the stuff of interest between all the messages asking for
>advice on what hard disk and/or computer to buy. Therefore
>I propose that it be split into about 10 groups. Here is a
>suggested list, off the top of my head.
>
> comp.sys.mac.disks
> comp.sys.mac.memory
> comp.sys.mac.utilities
> comp.sys.mac.wordp-and-DTP
> comp.sys.mac.graphics
> comp.sys.mac.for-sale
> comp.sys.mac.misc
> comp.sys.mac.questions
> comp.sys.mac.DAs-and-INITS
> comp.sys.macII
>
>I don't know how to do this, but one method might be to
>take a vote on whether to split the group, and, if that
>passes, vote on how many groups to split it into, and
>then have people vote for n subgroups out of m>n proposed
>subgroups. I don't know enough about how USENET is run
>to know whether this is feasible.
>
>A couple of unrelated questions (unrelated to the above
>and to each other):
>
>1. Where can I get a copy of binhex 4.0?
>2. Has anyone a definitive list of ftp sites?
Why is it that every Christmas, the sane subscribers to comp.sys.mac are
confronted with a wave of bozos making suggestions to fragment comp.sys.mac
into a dozen or so pieces? I think comp.sys.mac.{hypercard,programmer} are
already a *PAIN IN THE ARSE* ! Over two-thirds of the messages are cross
posted, which defeats the purpose of separate newsgroups!
To split up comp.sys.mac any more would make it impossible to read. Thanks
to the currect {hypercard,programmer} split, I waste time reading cross-posted
messages.
Please, let's not start destroying comp.sys.mac.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
Jason Haines - President, Club Mac
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!runx!clubmac From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Too Much Traffic in this group Message-ID: <1906@runx.ips.oz> Date: 23 Dec 88 14:07:14 GMT References: <6895@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: clubmac@runx.OZ (Australia's Largest Mac Users Group) Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 52