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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.jobs,net.news
Subject: Re: Headhunters in net.jobs (freedom)
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Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 11:19:49 EST
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Given that I am free, I am free to not like headhunter postings in
net.jobs. Now there may be hundreds of folks out there who do like
them -- but I don't know any. So, again, we are left with the
problem of ``what to do with postings you don't like''. There are
several approaches. If it only bugs you a bit, you can use your `n'
key. If it bugs you a *lot*, you can send mail to the poster. I
suspect that if the headhunters were innundated with ``DONT DO THIS
-- WE DONT LIKE IT'' messages, they would stop. Of course, it would
be a good idea to post a ``never-expiring'' article to net.jobs
saying that we don't like it. 

If everyone who mailed Frank Adrian mailed the headhunters, they would
get the idea. They would still be free to post articles, but would they
consider it worth it? Of course, if we can't get people to complain, then
I suppose that not very many people really mind the headhunters, and
the minority are going to have to plead their case better. Somehow I
don't think that this is the case here...

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura