[net.news.group] The net doesn't work as a "forum for sharing ideas"

brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (09/03/85)

Recently people have suggested using the net as a forum for sharing
ideas.  Sorry, folks, this just isn't one of the functions can perform
any more.  Only if the issues are non-controversial can information
be exchanged as suggested.  Any controversial issue gets bogged down
in noise quickly.  Net.women.only didn't work and many other groups
suffer the same fate.

Everybody is for peace, but my experience is that everybody has
different definitions of terms and differentideas about how peace
should be maintained and or nurtured.

Good luck.  The net has died, compared to what it was over 4 years
ago when I joined.  When I get the time, I'll set up Usenet, Inc. and
we'll have a useful net again.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473