ag5@pucc-k (Henry C. Mensch) (11/28/84)
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During my recent visit to the civilized world, I was discussing
some of the net activity ... we considered together the possibilities
of having "personals" newsgroups ... and thought it was a good idea.
So here goes:
"I propose the creation of two moderated newsgroups which would
handle traffic on these topics... mod.personals.motss and
mod.personals.motos.." <insert sigh of relief here>
I can hear all the moaning and groaning from a distance, but I
feel that these could be well-utilized... I propose moderated newsgroups
so that (a) true raunch doesn't get posted, and (b) the privacy of
those utilizing the newsgroups is protected... I imagine that the
moderators of these newsgroups would do considerable mail forwarding
<this, of course, depends upon the organization of the newsgroup>.
Followups to this newsgroup only, please...
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"Ackphft!"kay@flame.UUCP (Kay Dekker) (12/01/84)
Re mod.personal.motss && mod.personal.motos You have my vote. Kay. -- "But you TOLD me to type 'rm * .o', and I DID, and it said 'rm: .o nonexistent', and ... ... mcvax!ukc!flame!ubu!kay
spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) (12/03/84)
Let me add my voice to those claiming {net,mod}.personals as
a bad idea. I think it is also a stupid idea. The distribution and
content of such messages would be totally inappropriate for
this network.
If you want some kind of personals group, it would make much more sense
to create a local group and use that. At least the readership of
that group would be in the immediate vicinity of the poster and more
likely (or able) to respond to any such posting.
I'm sure that the folks in Europe have no wish to see articles about
"Male grad student in W. Lafayette seeking female wombat for
meaningful relationship." I also doubt if many people paying
for their sites' participation on the net would find such postings
worthwhile or useful -- possibly to the point of quitting the net.
This is an information and idea exchange, not a dating service.
--
Gene "8 months and counting" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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