Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.jobs,net.news Subject: Re: Headhunters in net.jobs Message-ID: <877@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 17:01:31 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.877 Posted: Tue Feb 12 17:01:31 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 04:35:02 EST References: <416@scc.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.followup:4464 net.jobs:1018 net.news:3141 I don't see what all the fuss is about. net.jobs was created especially for "help wanted" and "job wanted" postings. These headhunters are using it for exactly that purpose. As long as it doesn't overflow into other groups like net.general, net.followup, and net.news, it shouldn't be bothering anybody. I am assuming that the headhunters are posting a relatively small volume of news to net.jobs. If the group starts showing up in the top 25 newsgroups, or if these postings are somehow qualitatively different from some company posting a "help wanted" notice to net.jobs directly, and this difference causes a problem for the people who read net.jobs, then perhaps it's time to talk (or at least to ignore the postings.) Now can we go on with our lives? Mark