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To: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups 
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 12:44:13 -0700
From: Bakul Shah <bakul@netcom.com>
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I don't much like the idea because a mailing list

- is more informal and yet people are more careful
  in how they interact with others.
- has a high S/N ratio
- has much shorter propogation time.
- is more of a peer group

I also don't like the idea of one-way connections.  It comes
off as rather elitist and people who read newsgroups only,
don't have an equal opportunity to respond.  If they also
subscribe to the mailing list, they have to wade through the
same messages twice.

Makes more sense to me if some of the high profile prolific
proselytizers participate even more in the newgroups (and
point people to the mailing lists as appropriate).

My 2 cents.

--bakul