gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) (05/19/86)
Before we let the arbitrary and ill-considered list of "soapbox" groups
become a standard, I thought I would propose my own list. This is based
only on groups I have some knowledge of.
Soapbox Groups
net.abortion, net.origins
Semi-Soapbox Groups
net.politics, net.politics.theory, net.women, net.music, net.followup
Quasi-Soapbox Groups
net.religion, net.religion.christian, net.religion.jewish, net.sci,
net.philosophy, net.jokes.d, net.space, net.singles, net.college,
net.rec.nude, these days we add net.news and net.news.group.
Bizarro Groups
net.rumor, net.suicide, net.jokes, net.rec.drugs, net.poems, net.misc,
net.test, junk
I think my classification makes as much sense as any I have heard.
ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
"There are no differences but differences of degree
between degrees of difference and no difference"