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Date: | Fri, 8 Apr 1994 21:43:44 -0700 |
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I'd cast a no vote on alligning this list with USENET for these reasons:
1) I have a much more reliable mailbox than newsreader, and I
imagine I'm not alone in this. The result is that I keep up
with mail-lists more promptly/efficiently and use USENET less
like a newspaper than a magazine, which is to say I graze, I
don't participate, I don't get up from my desk to find a citation
for someone, etc.
2) The focus and (dare I say) quality of discussion on this list is
quite distinct from (and much more to my taste than) either
rec.arts.movies or the cinema-l list that's carried on USENET.
Those groups are extremely personality-oreinted, taste-driven
klatches. Even despite recent griping on this list (which, by
the by, I found needlessly shrill), the discussion, queries and
debates here seem much more focussed than anything on USENET.
Those are my initial justifications for my response, but I assure you
there must be others, so violently did I cringe at the suggestion!
One person's 'umble opinion....
Shawn Levy | "I used to have such sweet, sweet dreams,
[log in to unmask] | But now it's more like an air raid."
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