ALT.SF4M

  Hi again and question for you all..

   • s********l@***.com
     28/07/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     Hi folks! It's Sandy formerly Kinney checking in again to see what's
     been

     up. It's good to see you all again, at least all of you who have posted

     recently.

     Just a quick question - why is this an alt. newsgroup? This spam loses

     its entertainment value quickly. Isn't there another place it could go,

     like soc. or something? Could it be a moderated group?

     And if the reason it isn't is that no one has volunteered, I'd be happy
     to

     do so.

     Apologies to those who like the spam...and hope you are all well.

     -Sandy

       • b********r@p*******e.com
         29/07/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu (Kevin Sterner) wrote:

         >As alt. groups go, alt.sf4m is a rather old one. It predates the
         spam

         >problem. In fact, I think it predates AOL's use of "sf4m" as
         meaning

         >"single female for a male", which is why people think this is a sex

         >group.

         I don't know where this bit of urban legend got started, but AOL did

         NOT come up with "SF4M" to mean "Single Female For Male." This came

         from the (printed) classified personal ads which predate both this

         newsgroup and possibly AOL and Usenet.

         Perrianne Lurie

         b********r@p*******e.com

       • s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu
         29/07/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <1*************.********9@l*******.****.***l.com>,
         s********l@***.com (Silverwhl) writes:

         > Hi folks! It's Sandy formerly Kinney checking in again to see
         what's been

         > up. It's good to see you all again, at least all of you who have
         posted

         > recently.

         > Just a quick question - why is this an alt. newsgroup? This spam
         loses

         > its entertainment value quickly. Isn't there another place it
         could go,

         > like soc. or something?

         It's an alt. group because that was something Dave Weingart was able
         to

         do himself from Cornell, without any permission. The alt. heirarchy
         was

         supposed to be free from control and/or topical relevance.

         As alt. groups go, alt.sf4m is a rather old one. It predates the
         spam

         problem. In fact, I think it predates AOL's use of "sf4m" as meaning

         "single female for a male", which is why people think this is a sex

         group.

         I don't think there's any way to get a big 7 group. We had to fight

         with the net.gods a couple of years ago just to keep the alt. group!

         The self-appointed dictators of the alt. heirarchy (who actually
         assumed

         power well after alt.sf4m was up and running) tried to force us to
         take

         all our discussions to email.

         > Could it be a moderated group?

         Forumites never do anything in moderation.

         -- K.

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