> Note the proposed title: "Guide to Usenet Newsgroups". While part of what
> Nancy proposed would certainly be useful, what I had in mind was for the
> various FAQ-keepers to write about what the groups their FAQs are associated
> with are like, likely extracting relevant bits from their FAQs. In some
> ways similar to that "Best of the Net" book, but with the FAQ-maintainers
> determining what represents their group best. One could also include things
> *not* to do in various newsgroups. Each entry would include pointers to
> relevant FAQs.
I have to pipe in and say that this is what interest *me* most.
Mainitaing an alt.sex.* FAQ sometimes make me feel I'm one step above
sludge, and the fact that it is the alt.sex.movies FAQ, immediatly brings
the connotation of being a "dirty old man" (I'm 26) or a "vulgar
raincoater."
The few books out that have dealt with net.sex specifically have generally
been good to "my" group, but the others just smirk like "Sheesh, people
talking about dirty movies. Who cares?"
There was recently a brief discussion in misc.legal.moderated that
discussed a little problem concerning two members of our group; one an
ex-porn star, another a biographer. The biographer archived the
perfromers real name. Immediately he was called "obsessive" and weird
because he kept stats on erotic films. No one answered if the people over
at Cardiff were any less obsessive...
So, I would love an opportunity to "set the record staright" a little bit
in a mainstream-ish type book.
So, count me in on this little project... if you want me ;-)
Jeff
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Jeff Knapp |
| "The Director" director@gti.net |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
And now for something completely different:
Monty Python On The British Navy:
There is no cannibalism in the British Navy, absolutely none...
And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.
-- Sir John Cunningham
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