XPost: rec.arts.drwho
From: blueshirt@indigo.news
The Doctor wrote:
> In article ,
> Blueshirt wrote:
> > Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> >
> >> Again, please keep the Dr. Who slop out of the
> >> rec.arts.sf.fandom newsgroup. That's a low-volume
> >> newsgroup for discussing fandom itself, meaning coventions
> >> and the people who attend and run them, and fanzines and
> >> the people who write and publish them.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > 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?
>
> Lynch is being irrational as usual.
No Dave, he's posting his opinion. Which is what discussions
on Usenet are supposed to be about. You know, people discussing
things reasonably, like adults. Or maybe you don't know...
I just object, in principle, to people who think they own a
certain newsgroup, especially when they seem to have no problem
starting off-topic threads in it themself!
I didn't say he was completely wrong though, I was just putting
across my POV.
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