*yawn*.....another post about newsgroup?
If there were merit in this idea I suppose it would be less talk and more
group.
 
 
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On Fri, 18 Mar 1994, Jane Beckman wrote:
 
> >I suspect that the Usenet group will just point the way to BEE-L, entice
> >many to clutter both distribution methods with unwanted drivel, and
> >denigrate the quality of BEE-L.
>
> My experience with lists mentioned in the Usenet groups (sewing group,
> antiques group, brewing group, etc.) is that exactly the opposite happens.
> It take a certain effort to subscribe to a list---which isn't in the
> mentality of the disruptors.  Also, you don't have to mention BEE-L a lot.
> I can see putting it in the FAQ, but otherwise it leaves the option of
> telling people that there is a serious, scientific list elsewhere.
>
> The alt.sewing group periodically gets harrassed by the net.kiddies, but
> I've never seen them bleed off into the mailing lists.  Most simply kill
> file the drivel.
>
> Of course, a *Serious Socially Disfunctional Net Terrorist* will find you
> anywhere, anyway, list or no, because these guys get their jollies from
> disrupting society.  However, most of them eventually end up in Federal
> Prison ;-) or get their access pulled.  (Ask me about Clarence Thomas IV...)
>
> Okay, every now and then we get folks on the mead-lovers list asking about
> beer or wine, but that's minimal, and they get steered (in email) elsewhere.
>
> I'm a tech writer by trade, so I know that there is a mass-market audience
> and a technical audience.  Usenet is mass market (think "Popular Mechanics.").
> The bee-l is technical (think trade journal, e.g. "The American Journal of
> Ethnobotany").
>
> I intend to monitor both.
>
>  Jane Beckman  [[log in to unmask]]
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