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Another fine message from the rec.arts.movies.erotica reading room...
[Prev][Next][Subject][Thread] Re: RFD: rec.arts.movies.erotica moderated
In article <[email protected]>, Imperator <[email protected]> wrote: >Furthermore, there are those sites that just drop the "sex" branches >without even bothering to check what's in each newsgroup (can't blame >them...bunching erotica groups together tends to make a nice little ghetto >just beckoning to be dropped from newsfeeds.... ....and it is entirely legitimate to drop entire hierarchies from newsfeeds. That's the whole *point* of keeping Usenet namespace well-organized. That's why we have the whole RFD/CFV process. I don't object to this proposal in the way I do rec.drugs.* or rec.music.white-power -- pornography isn't illegal, and I don't find the argument that it's harmful to society very convincing. But I do agree that the group ought to be rec.arts.erotica.movies. But if some city wants to pass a law keeping all the sex shops in one neighborhood, that's their right. Likewise, if some internet service provider wants to offer a "family friendly" newsfeed, that's her right as well -- we should not be deliberately trying to name newsgroups so as to sabotage such setups. It is exceedingly irresponsible to argue one *must* have the name "foo.bat.bar" rather than "for.bar.bat," because the latter is much more likely to be dropped. News.groups is supposed to help ISP's configure their newsfeeds, not subvert them. Comp.*, if I am correct, is the best distributed hierarchy in the Big 8. Does it follow that we should put every single newsgroup in comp.* because "to bunch them together in rec.* or soc.* makes them a nice little ghetto just waiting to be dropped from newsfeeds"? Like I said, I was not planning to vote either way on this proposal. But if you can't offer any better reason for ignoring the rec.arts.erotica.* hierarchy, then I may cast a "NO" ballot. I should also mention that as things stand, there are far too many newsgroups in rec.arts.movies.*. People are confused about where to post, even with seemingly obvious names like rec.arts.movies.current-films. The groups are a mess and the addition of *any* other movie group is bound to add to that mess. The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised to see discussions of _Babe_ wind up being crossposted to the adult movies group. :) -- Chris Stone * [email protected] * http://www.princeton.edu/~cbstone "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Martin Luther King Follow-Ups:
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