kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) (08/21/87)
I agree that comp.sources.wanted is not an appealing newsgroup to read, but I cannot condone posting "wanted" messages in other newsgroups either. comp.sources.wanted has to be made less of a waste of time for the reader. To put it bluntly, the group needs to be moderated. I envision an electronic "classified-ads" where each ad is a short phrase stating what is type of program is desired and an e-mail address to contact. Ads requesting the same software or same type of software could be coalesced into one ad with a list of contacts. This "classified" page could be posted weekly. Such a system would solve all the problems that I see with the current scheme, that is: * multiple (or repeated) requests for software * articles too long (subject lines, if concise, should be enough) * one article per request (have to type 'n' too often) If the format of the newsgroup were palatable, I believe more people would read it. Some organization and a lot less individual articles would be a good start. Comments? kyle jones <kyle@odu.edu> old dominion university, norfolk, va
rob@philabs.Philips.Com (Rob Robertson) (08/25/87)
In article <2205@xanth.UUCP> kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) writes: >I agree that comp.sources.wanted is not an appealing newsgroup to >read, but I cannot condone posting "wanted" messages in other >newsgroups either. comp.sources.wanted has to be made less of a waste >of time for the reader. To put it bluntly, the group needs to be >moderated. >Comments? I disagree, I don't read comp.sources.wanted. I scan the subject lines using the "=" key in rn, and then respond based on if I can help them. Bundling everything up defeats this method. Two other thoughts. Sometimes it is adviseable to put a state wide/ city wide distribution on a wanted message, moderating defeats that. There is also a time lag between it getting to the moderator and back out on the net, which if you need something urgently is a bother. rob -- william robertson rob@philabs.philips.com 914 945 6300