Apur-ee.173 net.news utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!davy Sun Nov 29 23:34:57 1981 Complain, Complain... It seems to me that there are an awful lot of new newsgroups springing up that are entirely too specific as far as what they discuss goes. While granted, everyone has a "right" to discuss whatever he wants, I think that there should be some consideration to the people who have to either 1) muddle through it all, or 2) continually update there .newsrc (Betanews) or subscription list (Anews). I'll make some examples/suggestions: "net.ski" and "net.scuba": Personally, I don't ski (although one of these days I might get around to it), and I don't scuba dive. Now, there are some things that I do do (redundancy check), such as ride horses, swim, etc. Why not combine these two newsgroups into one, say "net.sports" or "net.rec" (recreation)? This would let more people into the discussions, along with more information about a wider variety of topics. "net.vwrabbit": This one could easily be changed to "net.auto", as I'm sure that there are more cars in the world than VW's (I myself have a 1980 Dodge Colt, and would love to talk to others...). "net.aviation": This one's not too bad, although I just read all the news from over Turkey Break, and all the net.aviation stuff was in net.columbia......... "net.chess": Why? What was wrong with "net.games"? I like to read the stuff about the chess games, but I can't see the need for another news group just for that. "net.ham-radio": This is my pet peeve, but I'll try to be gentle. I have no argument that this deserves a newsgroup all to itself, there's an awful lot in there. My biggest complaint is that there seem to be an awful lot of "call book" items, and they all look alike with the exception of a few names at the end. Couldn't we just put one BIG one out every 2-3 months? Also, how about starting on such tangents as CB radio, AM-FM-Commercial radio, etc.? Well, I guess I've griped and complained enough for one day, but I hope my point came across: instead of 50 billion little newsgroups with SPECIAL applications/discussions, wouldn't it be nicer to have a few big newsgroups with general subject areas? --Dave (pur-ee!davy) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.