--- Sez Pedro Sena to George Erdner ---
 GE> "Usenet Disease". That's where topics enough people want to talk about
 GE> to make nothing more than a decent message thread get an entire
 GE> conference.  On Fido, it seems that natural digressions of message
 GE> threads into areas close to the main topic get cut off instead of
 GE> wandering wherever they may.
How many totally irrelevant messages are you willing to wade through
before even beginning to find the X% interesting TOPICAL messages?
What's so tough about taking off-topic digressions elsewhere?  Some
people seem to have a chip on their shoulder, and in my experience
it hasn't been the moderator(s)...
 PS> We used to get that problem a few years ago, when fido was at its
 PS> peak. I am of the opinion, however, that it was the over moderating of
 PS> the  echos all the way around that really broke the camel's back. One
 PS> of the reasons the net groups do well, ...
Do WHAT well?  ;->
 PS> is because anyone, anybody, can
 PS> say anything and no one can tell them not to.....
Well, everybody can TELL them not to...  I like the feeling of
"conversations" on Fidonet.  The "online" nature of the net makes
it seem more like a party line/chat room or whatever.  More talking
than listening.  Less thought, more reaction.  The first thing
that pops into my head is as relevant as anything else.  I dunno...
 PS> We are hoping to get this to the net. Mike is working on it...
It would seem that trading quality for quantity used to be a
consideration...  But lacking the former, why not open the gates
to the latter?
So, here I sit expounding on Fido instead of discussing music or
dancing about architecture or whatever...
So, anyway, I've probably axed this before, but now that Cap'n Chris
has shown up on radar again, what are three to ten of the best
Italian Prog CD's for somebody primarily familiar with the US PFM
and Banco LP's?  _Per Un Amico_, of course, and what by Le Orme?
DM
NP: Captain Beefheart: "Circumstances", "Big Eyed Beans From Venus",
    FZ: "Ship Ahoy", "Well"...
... Will the REAL Dr. Sena please report to Neurosurgery immediately!
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