XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >   
   >What about the newsgroups that discuss these shows, are they   
   >not a part of "fandom" too? I mean, a fan writing something   
   >about a sci-fi show for a fanzine or in a Usenet post is pretty   
   >similar. A newsgroup could even be considered an online fanzine!   
      
   Yes.  The rec.arts.sf.fandom group could be thought of as a metagroup   
   for discussing those groups.  It's not a fanzine, it's a place where   
   people discuss fanzines.   
      
   >> In recent days the unwanted Dr. Who slop has exceeded all   
   >> other traffic in that newsgroup, threatening to destroy it.   
   >   
   >How can traffic destroy a newsgroup? Traffic keeps it alive.   
   >You are free to use filters or killfiles to ignore the   
   >posts/posters that you don't want to see and/or read though.   
      
   That's what we do for the most part.  All of the Dr. Who threads   
   in r.a.s.f come from one person and if people would trim   
   the newsgroups line when replying to him, we woudn't see any of   
   the trash.   
      
   >Also, who decides what content is wanted and unwanted on any   
   >specific newsgroup? Surely the readers of any newsgroup exercise   
   >their own judgement by using the aforesaid filter mechanisms to   
   >decide what content they read, or ignore?   
      
   Well, there is a newsgroup charter after all.   
   --scott   
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