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Re: No Point to this Newsgroup

  • Subject: Re: No Point to this Newsgroup
  • From: Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:48:16 -0800
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
  • References: <UnJzh.6239$sd2.2309@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <pan.2007.02.11.13.07.00.930401@gmail.com> <reply_in_group-80D0CB.16083111022007@news.supernews.com> <539u2jF1rjattU2@mid.individual.net>
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In article <539u2jF1rjattU2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The advantage of getting Roy's posts via netscape.com is you can see how
> > people are voting on them, and more easily avoid the particularly
> > inaccurate ones, as those won't garner many votes.
> 
> Ah - I see.
> Tell me though, why would I want to just read things that some folks have
> "voted" that I should see?  Isn't that a bit like reading the old Pravda?

You can always ignore the votes, and if you read a story that was not 
getting many votes and you see that it was good, you can even vote for 
it yourself, thus making it more likely other people will see it.,

> - and who votes for the voters?

I don't know if Netscape has a system for rating the voters.

-- 
--Tim Smith

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