In article <robison1.711984791 at husc10> robison1 at husc10.harvard.edu (Keith Robison) writes:
> I believe that the way to go is better newsreaders. The "problem"
>which David S. cites is a few messages generating many replies. As
>I see it, the problem is that the newsreaders I have used (rn and nn)
>treat a posting as the fundamental unit for selection and reading,
>rather than a thread (message and it's replies) as the fundamental
>unit. Since in the vast majority of cases I (and I suspect most
>people) either read an entire thread or ignore it completely,
>such a solution would eliminate the "problem" bionet is having
>(i.e. success).
I agree, which is why I use a "threaded" version of rn called
"trn". It is available at the usual ftp sites.
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