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From: Bryan J. Maloney< >
Subject: Re: Markets Are Not Clubs
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 18:30:29 -0500


In article <7vj3m7$lgf$1@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>, "D. Spencer Hines"
<> wrote:

> Some folks seem to see <soc.genealogy.medieval> and/or
> <soc.history.medieval> --- and perhaps other favourite newsgroups
> too --- I suppose --- as a <CLUB> or a <COMMUNITY>.
>
> I fear for these people, if their social life is so barren and
> circumscribed that they must seek to find a club on USENET --- rather
> than a flesh and blood club.
>
> _Au contraire_, I would suggest that <soc.genealogy.medieval> is a
> <MARKET> and <soc.history.medieval> is a <MARKET> and that <MARKETS> are
> interesting, useful and profitable places for all sorts of people --- if
> folks understand the rules of play. The situation can certainly be
> Win-Win for everyone.

Both models are erroneous.

Newsgroups are forums.

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