bukys@rochester.UUCP (Liudvikas Bukys) (12/18/83)
I would like to point out that local newsgroups also act as a primitive sorting mechanism. I read all the "wny" (Western New York) groups before I read the "net" groups, because I know that the "wny" groups are more likely to contain something worthwhile. Certainly, posting to "wny.general" will reach more people than posting to "net.general" with "distribution: wny" would. I hope that the keyword news proposers don't forget this. If you want to abolish "net" and "wny", then your article sorters had better be smart enough to show me the "region=wny" (or whatever) articles first (if such is my desire). Do you still think you can provide adequate performance? Liudvikas Bukys rochester!bukys (uucp) via allegra, decvax, seismo bukys@rochester (arpa) P.S. mod.ber yes bravo! net.astro.export yes net.biology yes net.games.go yes did I miss the create-group? net.micro.trs yes net.eulogy no net.nlang.* no would probably die out fast net.origins no too much of a flame-a-thon net.people no who cares that you just graduated from Hoboken High and are on your way to Umber University? net.sources.pc no and it's time to start re-thinking net.sources net.movies.sw no has died out net.startrek no shouldn't be top-level net.wobegon no shouldn't be top-level, died out fast anyway net.tv.drwho maybe great, stop embarrassing ourselves in front of the Arpanet with the drivel Usenetters seem to like to put out