*yawn*.....another post about newsgroup? If there were merit in this idea I suppose it would be less talk and more group. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : [log in to unmask] : : Robert Box 721 Healdsburg CA 95448 : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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]] >