Re: Newsgroup about social networks.

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@yahoo.com> wrote:

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:19:25 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@yahoo.com> wrote:

11 Dec 2024 02:58:39 +0700, Yevgeniy S <linuxisthebestchoice@gmail.com>:

On 12/10/24 10:23, Steve Hayes wrote:

I don't know of any such newsgroup, but I do think such a newsgroup
would be useful, since so many people use social networks.

Perhaps rec.networking.social?

comp.internet.services.social-networks is what I actually thought about
recently.

Well you could have both, one emphasising the social aspect, and the
other the networking aspect.

But Usenet users are so diminished that one that one group might
suffice.

This should be seen as a troll. There are 10s of thousands of
newsgroups, the vast majority of which have failed. Yet "Yevgeniy S",
who isn't known anywhere on Usenet for discussing this topic, wants a
series of brand-new newsgroups.

If the proponent can't be bothered to discuss the topic himself, that's
a sure sign of a bad proponent.

Have discussion first. If somehow there is enough discussion to warrant
a separate newsgroup, then bring it up at that time, but there never
will be as "Yevgeniy S" has no interest in starting discussion himself.

I think it best to start with a generic group, and only if traffic
relating to a specific instance becomes overwhelming should more
specific groups be set up.

That's never worked, not ever. Either Uaenet users are discussing a
topic or they are not. New groups don't create new discussion. If there
are truly users discussing these topics, they get to be consulted first
if they want the proposed newsgroup.

So, if there were a general ng called rec.networking.social that had
low traffic, there would be no need to set up ngs for subsets like
rec.networking.social.instagram

Then there would have been no need for the group in the first place.