From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) Subject: Re: A proposal for organizing comp.os.linux. [NEW-CHANNELS] Date: 13 Dec 1992 20:40:07 GMT
(sorry for posting metadiscussion. I promise I'll only do it once!)
For what it's worth, I think comp.os.linux is damned near unreadable.
It isn't just that there are 150 messages a day. The messages in this
newsgroup are completely disorganized. There are 150 messages and 100
different threads! I'm disappointed that the group reorg didn't pass.
However, if a few of the louder voices on comp.os.linux really wanted
to, we could still split comp.os.linux this week. Instead of splitting
it according to the normal Usenet voting procedures, split it into the
alt groups. Alt groups don't require a vote - a week's discussion on
alt.config seems to be sufficient.
There are some good reasons not to do this. For one thing, it's fairly
sleazy. I don't think anyone's circumvented the newsgroup voting rules
this way before. Also, alt groups are in general not as desirable as
groups in the Usenet heirarchy.
I don't know if it's a good idea. But it is an option.
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