Re: Why not a newsgroup?

["Psychos 'R Us" <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Every once in a while, someone asks why this is not a newsgroup.  I just 
> visited rec.autos.vw and found a mountain of irrelevant nonsense, some of 
> which was offensively racist.  Whoopie.  
> 
> Three cheers for our list operator!  Newsgroups are clearly second-best 
> in my opinion.

To be an usenet newsgroup would mean more exposure -- both in the 
positive and negative way. Right now it seems it would probably get more 
negative (e.g. postings not related to the group -- such as "Win95 
rules/junk" or "Looking for a good time?").

To get this group more exposure without becoming an usenet group, may be 
someone should asks the rec.auto FAQ maintainer to include the list site 
for potential enthusiast. Either that, or do replies to any Audi-related 
posts in the rec.auto.* and tell about the list to any potential 
subscribers that will benefit from susbscribing the list. For example, 
I've seen a post few days ago in rec.autos.tech that someone is looking 
for repair manual on his Audi -- I'd say he would be a prime example that 
would benefit from this list -- but from sound of it, he doesn't know the 
existance of this list.

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