Aeisx.135 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!rabbit!npois!eiss!eisx!ggw Tue Mar 2 09:24:26 1982 Re:Astrology Digest V1.1 With all due respect to the desires of those who wish to avoid reading such "voluminous junk", I would have placed the Astrology Digest in it's own newsgroup; HOWEVER, I feel very strongly about the uncontrolled proliferation of newsgroups. It is much too easy to lose control of the net when ANY user can create a new newsgroup simply by submitting an article to it. It is my fear that unrestrained use of such resources as directories and such will be the downfall of the net. The astrology articles and digests are expected to only last for a short term (about two months at the most) and then to disappear from the net until somebody else gets interested (if ever). To create a newsgroup specifically for such a short term use is wasteful and unthinking. It was my understanding that *net.misc* is specifically for miscellaneous and short term discussions. On that basis I will continue to use net.misc (unless "the networkers" decree otherwise!) Gregory Woodbury (harpo!npois!eiss!eisx!ggw) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.