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Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:23:14 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm*IHateSpam*.org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> How different is .off-topic.debate from that already? How many net-savvy
> people who wanted to post a real reply would simply change the ng line prior
> to posting? What would newbies think when they posted a reply not knowing
> where they reply was going, and their reply never showed up?
Well, there's precedent in alt.dev.null [1]. But really, I can't think of
very many things that couldn't either go to one of the .off-topic groups
(not just .debate!) or just be left unsaid.
[1] what fun!
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| (...) How different is .off-topic.debate from that already? How many net-savvy people who wanted to post a real reply would simply change the ng line prior to posting? What would newbies think when they posted a reply not knowing where they reply (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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