sean@garfield.UUCP (Sean Byrne) (02/11/84)
As we all know, for the past two weeks, the debate has
been raging on about whether or not to split net.music into
multitudes of subgroups.
For once, I must agree with Rich Rosen (regardless of his
musical taste) about this issue. The definition of net.music is:
net.music Music lover's group.
This is for people who want to discuss music and all the things
associated with it. A friend of mine once said, "... But that's
what you expect from the Net. If they're interested in anything,
they're a complete snob about it." It seems that this is true,
and the creation of 'snob groups' where all the experts can speak
to all the other experts about %s the field of %s (net.music.%s
that is) will only serve to:
1. Narrow people's outlook on music in general.
1a. Turn people off to the fact that other types
of music exsist.
2. Discourage discussion.
3. Intimidate new users and provoke hostility in
said newgroups. (I really don't see the kind of
I-don't-like-your-type-of-music-so-f**k-you-!
articles that everyone is talking about)
One argument for splitting is "But there are x other newsgroups
with x^n subgroups already!" is faulty in that it assumes that
x^n subgroups are good !?
Last week I said, "Let's liven things up a bit." If this is the
kind of 'life' that it evoked, forget I said anything.
--
Sean Byrne Memorial University of NF St. John's, Nfld
UUCP: {allegra, ihnp4, utcsrgv}!garfield!sean