evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) (12/22/89)
I would like to find out if there is interest in a group of this name,
to be a companion to, but not a replacement for, alt.sex.
CHARTER:
The intent of this group is to be a place where people can post ONLY:
- original fiction of a sexual nature:
- reviews, lists and pointers to erotic lierature available elsewhere.
REASONING:
There has been some frustration expressed with the present volume of
postings in alt.sex. There is a certain subset of the postings which
could be called 'erotic fiction', which a number of sites have expressed
an interest in archiving.
In addition to relieving some of the traffic in alt.sex, this group
would make it easier for those sites which wish to archive only these
articles.
I believe that rec.arts.erotica is the appropriate place in the Usenet
hierarchy for a group of this nature, though I am not adverse to
suggestions which may be preferable. I believe the net has matured
(sic), so that while soc.sex could not be created some years ago
(despite I recall, a large vote in its favour), the present net may
be more tolerant. IMO This is especially true, since based on the number
of such postings in alt.sex, I expect the volume of this group to be
reasonably low, and perhaps more acceptable than a catch-all sex group.
MODERATION:
I would prefer for this group not to be moderated, but I suspect it
would be unavoidable to keep the noise down. The only purpose of the
moderation would be to restrict postings which do not meet the above
charter. I have no intention of taking any action regarding the taste,
sexism, orientation or legitimacy in any individual posting. If it is
considered desirable, I could make sure the appropriate postings
are rot13ed.
I could also possibly add keywords which would give readers a guide of
what to skip. But I would not otherwise touch postings. Spelling errors,
profanity, etc. remain as is. Read at your risk.
If someone else wants to moderate, be my guest. I just want to get this
thing off the ground.
COMPILATION COPYRIGHT:
There will explicity be none. Any such rights which may exist are
renounced at this time.
Please direct comment to news.groups.
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Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
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