ALT.SF4M

  What is on topic here?

   • d*******r@p******c.net
     14/03/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Is this newsgroup moderated?

     Is there a "valid" topic of conversation?

     Just hunting around the newsgroups, and thought I'd check in before
     posting.

     Thanks!

     d*******r@p******c.net

       • s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu
         15/03/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In Article <4iaj27$***@x*****.**o.com>, s******j@**.com (Stefan E.
         Jones) wrote:

         >In article ,

         >Paul "DataBear" Pregil wrote:

           >>Is this newsgroup moderated?

           >>

           >>Is there a "valid" topic of conversation?

           >>

           >>Just hunting around the newsgroups, and thought I'd check in
         before posting.

         >WOW! WOW! WOW! Someone who actually asked what the group was about!
         BEFORE

         >making passes or dumping in ads for phone sex.

         >I am honestly impressed. If more people wre like Mr. Bear here, the
         usenet

         >would be a much more pleasant place!

         Dittos to that...but he could also use an answer. The topic here is
         the

         Science Fiction Forum, and any and all matters even peripherally
         related

         to science fiction, science fiction fandom, fantasy, and other
         related

         genre. The Science Fiction Forum is located at the State University
         of

         New York at Stony Brook, but it has members around the world. Well,
         around

         the U.S., anyway, and one in Canada to provide "Canadian content".

         Welcome!

         -- K.

         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Kevin L. Sterner | U. Penn. High Energy Physics | Smash the welfare
         state!

         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       • s******j@**.com
         14/03/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article ,

         Paul "DataBear" Pregil wrote:

         >Is this newsgroup moderated?

         >Is there a "valid" topic of conversation?

         >Just hunting around the newsgroups, and thought I'd check in before
         posting.

         WOW! WOW! WOW! Someone who actually asked what the group was about!
         BEFORE

         making passes or dumping in ads for phone sex.

         I am honestly impressed. If more people wre like Mr. Bear here, the
         usenet

         would be a much more pleasant place!

         --Stefan

         --

         +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+

         ***@***.com ~ s*****s@a*****.***u.edu ~ s******j@**.com

         http://www.ini.cmu.edu/~sjones/

       • k******d@d*****i.com
         15/03/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         And here's the FAQs

         This is the FAQ for alt.sf4m, last updated 09 January 1996

         1) WHAT IS alt.sf4m

         alt.sf4m is a newsgroup which is about the Stony Brook Science
         Fiction

         Forum and the university community it serves, and about science
         fiction

         and science fiction fandom.

         2) SO, THIS ISN'T A SEX GROUP?

         The Distinguished Gentleman from Nebraska notwithstanding, there's
         not

         a whole lot of pornography all over the Net. There certainly isn't

         any here. Please refrain from posting sexual wants and desires
         unless

         they somehow relate to the Science Fiction Forum and/or science
         fiction.

         3) WHAT IS THE SCIENCE FICTION FORUM?

         Founded in 1969, the Science Fiction Forum (abbrieviated as sf4m) is

         a lending library and general discussion organization located at

         the State university of NY at Stony Brook on Long Island, NY. Forum

         membership is open to all interested parties, whether or not they're

         connected with the University in any formal way; the sf4m's mission

         is to serve the university and the university community. However,
         the

         university community is fairly loosely defined; we have active

         Forumites worldwide. For more information, check the Forum's home

         page at http://www.sf4m.org

         4) WHO CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE FORUM

         Almost anyone who shows up at meetings can be a member, check out
         books

         and participate. University rules require that officers be students,

         but beyond that, we're pretty cool.

         5) WHY DO PEOPLE POST SEXUAL MESSAGES TO alt.sf4m, instead of some
         place

         like alt.sex.wanted

         Check your dictionary under "clueless" (late breaking news suggests

         that AOL users have been using "sf4m" as an abbreviation for "single

         female for male," but since alt.sf4m predates AOL's access to
         net.news

         and nobody else on the net uses it, we can leave them to their
         usage,

         so long as they don't spam us)

         A copy can be found at http://www.liii.com/~phydeaux/forumFAQ

       • k******d@d*****i.com
         15/03/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         Thanks for asking!!

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