<<How many of you actually still use
Usenet?
What Levinson did here is no different
than what happened all the time on usenet: a
particular group became high enough volume that many people
stopped being able to keep up with all the
messages.>>
Only on usenet, creation of a new group requires RFDs
and CFVs -- perhaps too much bureaucracy, but at
least users are allowed to discuss and determine
whether the proposed split is the right way to go.
Levinson's free from that red tape, but his decision to
create the group he created now seems arbitrary,
format-biased, and oh so 1996.
--Greg