Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsla.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west From: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.jobs,net.news Subject: Re: Headhunters in net.jobs Message-ID: <797@sdcsla.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 20:41:18 EST Article-I.D.: sdcsla.797 Posted: Tue Feb 12 20:41:18 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 01:27:32 EST References: <2331@nsc.UUCP> <1116@amdahl.UUCP> <2338@nsc.UUCP> <933@dual.UUCP> Reply-To: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Distribution: net Organization: UC San Diego: Institute for Cognitive Science Lines: 36 Keywords: headhunters, cannibals, witch-doctors, lawyers, etc. Xref: watmath net.followup:4470 net.jobs:1023 net.news:3147 In article <933@dual.UUCP> freed@dual.UUCP (Erik Freed) writes: >It seems to me that since so far I don't see any one harmed by the >present level of headhunter access to net.jobs, maybe the proper way >to handle this is to wait this out. . . . I concur. Further, I fail to see essential (and meaningful) difference between net.jobs being flooded with headhunter postings (which hasn't happened yet), and net.books being flooded with pornography discussion (which did happen). From the viewpoint of the uninterested netnews reader, it's just more articles to skip. From the viewpoint of those paying the bills, it's just kilobytes==dollars. Presumably, each phenomenon [headhunters, pornography] is of interest to some group of readers. If the flow of headhunter contributions becomes a deluge, the nature of "net.jobs" will change. Perhaps subgroups will form. But I don't see any a priori reason to pressure headhunters in particular to remove themselves from the net. I just ignore those articles anyway -- if no one pays attention, they'll stop posting. If they do get responses, doesn't that mean they have provided a useful service to a netnews reader? (Although the one I did read was so poorly written as to dissuade me from ever _looking_ at another one.) In any case, I don't think anything should be done until the volume of headhunter-postings approaches the volume of the discussions about the headhunter-postings. ;=) -- -- Larry West, UC San Diego, Institute for Cognitive Science -- UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west -- ARPA: west@NPRDC { NOT:}