matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Yes, *THAT* Matt Crawford) (06/14/88)
New hierarchies, unlike new newsgroups in the mainstream hierarchy, do not need to be voted on. All who want to join them may do so. What the net needs, in my opinion, is a hierarchy in which the people can have whatever they want. In token of "the me decade", I call this new hierarchy "me". In the "me" newsgroups, you can create any newsgroup you want, for any reason. You can name a newsgroup after yourself, your favorite TV show, or your pet goldfish. It can be moderated or not, as you prefer. You need not publish a charter for your newsgroup is you don't want to. All you have to do to join the "me" net is to edit your "sys" file and add ",me" to the list of distributions your own system subscribes to. You will then have access to the "me" network, unrestricted by any overseers, cabals, conspiracies or consortia. NOTE: Do NOT add "me" to the entry for any of your neighboring systems without the prior approval of the people responsible for those systems. They will remain on the "not me" net until they join. Remember, the "me" network is what you make it. If any newsgroups get created in it that YOU don't like, YOU can delete them. After all, it's YOUR disk space. Matt Crawford
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (06/15/88)
DOCTOR sys_admin writes: >What the net needs, in my opinion, is a hierarchy in which the people >can have whatever they want. In token of "the me decade", I call >this new hierarchy "me". In the "me" newsgroups, you can create any >newsgroup you want, for any reason. You can name a newsgroup after >yourself, your favorite TV show, or your pet goldfish. It can be >moderated or not, as you prefer. You need not publish a charter for >your newsgroup is you don't want to. All you have to do to join the >"me" net is to edit your "sys" file and add ",me" to the list of >distributions your own system subscribes to. You will then have >access to the "me" network, unrestricted by any overseers, cabals, >conspiracies or consortia. > Oh great. I can see it now: me.matt you.pooh i.puke -- "Shrimp Ahoy" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {backbone}!gryphon!richard
bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) (06/15/88)
I proposed that a few years ago in net.suicide, that everyone have their own newsgroup in which to silently ponder their fate. They murdered net.suicide, the philistines. -Barry Shein, Boston University
john@trigraph.UUCP (John Chew) (06/22/88)
In article <0014821@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> matt@oddjob.UCHICAGO.EDU (Yes, *THAT* Matt Crawford) writes: ... >What the net needs, in my opinion, is a hierarchy in which the people >can have whatever they want. In token of "the me decade", I call >this new hierarchy "me". ... This would presumably not be recommended for Maine residents? -- john j. chew, iii poslfit@utorgpu.bitnet trigraph, inc. poslfit@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu toronto, canada {uunet!mnetor!utzoo,utgpu,utcsri}!trigraph!john [it is my opinion that these are solely my opinions.]