In an effort to cut down the volume, and to provide a forum for the
gay & bisexual netters, there was a suggestion that a separate group
be created for them. "net.gay" was proposed, but there was a lot of
opposition to the name for fear it would attract flamers from within
the community, and attract unwarranted attention from people outside
(especially managers without the historical perspective). Many people
could just imagine:
Searching for new groups.
Add net.gay? [yn]
Popping up on their manager's screen.
Anyhow, after much debate, net.motss was put forth as the newsgroup
name. I believe the suggestion was Steve Dyer's. After some
controversy, the group was created, and has more or less flourished
with little outside attention. An occasional flamer wanders in there,
but I believe they ignore them and few problems result.
As I said, that's my recollection. You might fire off an inquiry to
Steve Dyer for his view on it. I never subscribed to the group....
--spaf
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