JAF@MIT-SPEECH@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (07/22/83)
From: Joseph A. Frisbie <JAF at MIT-SPEECH at MIT-MC> Could we not have net.sf items submitted to the digest? Usenet people tend to interact differently than Arpanet people. They tend to rave about pointless things for longer amounts of time. (Look at your favorite messages about Anakin, the technology of Wargames, etc.) Another problem is that usenet messages are posted, replied to, and refuted all in one digest. I think (have only talked with 2 or 3 secretary types) that this tends to inhibit participation by Arpanet people. They don't want reply to messages that everyone is already tired of. There are many sites that act as gateways from usenet to arpanet, and I would venture to guess that anyone who receives sf-lovers can have net.sf forwarded to them. My last point is that the usenet people discuss movies much more than books (which I at least find more interesting.) SF-Lovers before its vacation seemed to contain more discussion on novels (It could be just "Those were the days" syndrome.) Joe -------