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Conference turris::womannotes-v3

Title:Topics of Interest to Women
Notice:V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1078
Total number of notes:52352

696.0. "What purpose is Repetitions, Deja Vue, Trivia?" by AHIKER::EARLY (Bob Early T&N EIC /US-EIS) Fri Feb 15 1991 12:54

Frankly, my dear, I am puzzled ...

Puzzled over a net wide redundancy of 
"Older <gender> vs Younger <opposite gender>"

"Big <subject> vs Little <subject>"

What is it about some of these topics that they get propagated all over the
place, with most of the replies to both being almost identical, if not 
just plain similar.

What do you think ? 

Do you find the repetion of thes topics boring or do they really perform
some useful service ?

What about some of these 'useless' topics, like 
'where can I get my grandfather <blank> repaired" ?

Trivia .. what purpose does it really serve, and who really cares
whether I'm older or she's so much younger than myself ?

Whatdya think ?

i won't even sign this drivel ...

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696.1Here's an exampleREFINE::BARTOOSelf-proclaimed BADBOY of notesFri Feb 15 1991 13:4512
    
    
    I don't think the grandfather question was useless.  Notes are great
    because you can rest assured that if you have a problem, someone in
    notes had the exact same problem and has figured out how to solve it. 
    Too bad the whole world can't "note" with us!
    
    I think this topic is the best example of a trivial and wasteful note
    I've seen yet.
    
    NICK
    
696.2Spelling correctionsREFINE::BARTOOSelf-proclaimed BADBOY of notesFri Feb 15 1991 13:4710
    
    
    Oh, and by the way, its--
    
    Repetitious
    Deja Vu
    and
    Trivial
    
    
696.3NOVA::FISHERIt&#039;s your Earth too, love it or leave it.Fri Feb 15 1991 13:494
    well, you can set note/titl="..."
    
    :-P
    
696.4IE0010::MALINGMirthquake!Sun Feb 17 1991 20:049
    Bob,
    
    What may seem to you as useless notes can serve a purpose for others.
    I too, am sometimes puzzled at what folks choose to discuss here.  My
    personal experience is that most of what's in this notes file is noise
    and nestled in among the noise I find gems.  But then what's noise to
    me may be a gem to another.
    
    Mary