Visitor: carol
Reference: Word of Mouth
 Location: NJ
  WebSite: Dandelion Green Craetions
 Web Info: 
  Contact: dandeliongreen@webtv.net
     Date: Sat, Sep 20, 1997 at 17:31:13 (EDT)

Comments: Great page,lots of useful info.Great choice of music too!!

  Visitor: marilyn
Reference: NewsGroups
 Location: NJ
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: mar17@webtv.net
     Date: Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 23:44:17 (EDT)

Comments: I just sat and read everything you had to say. I have been having trouble with disconnects since Jul! I complained about not being able to get thru to my ISP and now have an alternate hookup to webtv. I still get disc.but now I will pay attention to when andhow..

  Visitor: john russell
Reference: 
 Location: cleveland oh
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: stanya58@webtv.net  stanya@webtv.net
     Date: Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 17:34:21 (EDT)

Comments: When the moderators participate, it tends have less wildfire rumors. Some mods are especially helpfull but I have read usefull information from both moderated and mod-free. The cuckoo list has some great hints but there is too much shallow commenting.

  Visitor: Scott
Reference: 
 Location: Dallas
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: cybertek@webtv.net
     Date: Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 07:37:28 (EDT)

Comments: Well you didn't include a question about how we came to find out about the w groups. I found out by following a link off someone's WebTV page. I think the groups should be unmonitored but should have someone to try and keep thngs on topic. I don't like the mod groups where someone else decides whether my post is valuable enough to make the cut. Basically, what you have with the w groups is another Usenet alt.* group formation. That's how they got started. Wanting to be unmoderated and more flexible. Just my two cents here.

  Visitor: Ronald Haase
Reference: Just Surfed In!
 Location: Michigan
  WebSite: REINCARNATION
 Web Info: Revisit a past life....
  Contact: joehaaz@bigfoot.com
     Date: Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 00:35:53 (EDT)

Comments: I find this site very instructional. Is there any way we can link to another webpage for borrowed content? I get lots of graphics and music that way so I figured maybe someone is giving away ideas too?

  Visitor: colleen mijokovic
Reference: 
 Location: San Jose, Ca.
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: cmijokovic@webtv.net
     Date: Thurs, Sep 18, 1997 at 21:39:17 (EDT)

Comments: I love the w groups,they are the main reason i use web tv!

  Visitor: Richard Lester
Reference: Just Surfed In!
 Location: Switzerland
  WebSite: ANSWERS FROM OLAF
 Web Info: Anything under the sun
  Contact: oliverpit@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 22:31:48 (EDT)

Comments: Just got the fall updates and - to use a stupid expression - I am cautiously optimistic.

  Visitor: jd
Reference: 
 Location: huntsman
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: jdhunts@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 13:05:28 (EDT)

Comments: I visit the webtv.user ng occasionally. I find it at times very useful, but a negative or complaining attitude keeps me from visiting more often. I visit only one w group regularly (daily): w.gay. I find it very open and accepting (of different opinions, not just different sexualities); there is a family type atmosphere; topics are interesting and varied, from I need advice! to Are Braditude and Janaway_fan the same person? ;-)

  Visitor: Kevin Murphy
Reference: 
 Location: Colorado Springs, Co
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: murf31@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 00:12:45 (EDT)

Comments: 5.I go to both areas for info. I rarely post since since I usually find the answer to what I'm looking for. I don't reply to posts since most have been answered already and I don't believe in duplication. 6.It usually sucks and lags behind the w groups. But occasionally you get some usefull info. 7.I don't know if they should be moderated. It is pobably? better unmod. The w groups have some really intelligent up to date people in them. They also have some complete morons. Like the ones who took the html out of n2play, I mean you go there now and rarely do you see posts on the subject. But overall they are fun and entertaining even to a lurker as myself.

  Visitor: Jeanne Milne
Reference: Word of Mouth
 Location: CT.
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: jhm35
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 1997 at 19:46:19 (EDT)

Comments: WHen it says to reload to see other entries, nothing happens! Glad you are conducting these surveys though.

  Visitor: Jeanne Milne
Reference: 
 Location: Old Greenwich, CT.
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: jhm35
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 1997 at 19:42:24 (EDT)

Comments: 6. I like the moderated users group and think it should continue as it is. 7. I like SOME of the unmoderated groups and think we have MORE than enough already. I don't like the wild flaming that can go on in these groups, but wis they could remain unmoderated, or at least only partially so, in order to prevent flaming. I would like to see flamers kicked out of these groups as they are very troublesome and divisive and abusive, and therefore unwelcome in a presumably civilised group.

  Visitor: MightyJoke
Reference: 
 Location: New York
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 1997 at 18:57:41 (EDT)

Comments: These w.newsgroups are a joke. Nobody has anything of essence to say there. It is all a big waste of time. Webtv would be better off expending their time elsewhere on more worthy stuff such as cut and paste and the like

  Visitor: grinlady
Reference: Word of Mouth
 Location: louisiana
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: grinlady@webtv.net
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 1997 at 13:29:46 (EDT)

Comments: GREAT HOME PAGE . ILIKED THE ORDER AND INFOMATION

  Visitor: George
Reference: 
 Location: Sunny Brooklyn NY
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: george-82@webtv.net
     Date: Mon, Sep 15, 1997 at 02:05:32 (EDT)

Comments: The thing that bothers me about webtv (moderated) ng,is that it takes a long time to get something posted.I can say for sure that more then 1/2 of what I try to have posted never does.

  Visitor: Scott Hoagland
Reference: 
 Location: Spokane, WA
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: hoagy@webtv.net
     Date: Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 23:41:47 (EDT)

Comments: I know of BOTH webtv.users AND the w.newsgroups...I post to BOTH of them, but more often to the w.newsgroups.

  Visitor: gloria
Reference: 
 Location: NY
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 00:15:00 (EDT)

Comments: Moderated groups are fine with me. It cuts down on aome of the X-rated stuff and trivial bickering in some of the unmoderated groups.

  Visitor: Kimberly
Reference: 
 Location: Tennessee, USA
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 21:43:07 (EDT)

Comments: I have a webtv and I love it. I enjoy knowing there are others that have them also.

  Visitor: Dawn MacKenzie
Reference: 
 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: dmackenzie@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 21:32:51 (EDT)

Comments: I really enjoy webtv.users group and would like to know about other groups like this.

  Visitor: AUDREY BONNER
Reference: 
 Location: ROME NEW YORK 
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: TEET@WEBTV.NET
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 20:46:21 (EDT)

Comments: I ENJOY READING THE W NEWSGROUPS DAILY.I LIKE LOOKING FOR NEWS ON UPRGADES AND CHECKING OUT THE HOME PAGES

  Visitor: AUDEY BONNER
Reference: 
 Location: ROME NEW YORK 
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: TEET@WEBTV.NET
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 20:44:56 (EDT)

Comments: I ENJOY READING THE W NEWSGROUPS DAILY.I LIKE LOOKING FOR NEWS ON UPRGADES AND CHECKING OUT THE HOME PAGES

  Visitor: Patti
Reference: 
 Location: Now ?  Maryland
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: pestep@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 19:36:07 (EDT)

Comments: 5 I am aware of both (mod & unmod), read both and have posted to and may post to either. The unmoderated sites seem more animated with less whining. 6. The mod group needsbetter organization. 7. one mod group is enough. Why can't items/news of importance be placed on the home page ?

  Visitor: Craig
Reference: 
 Location: florida
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: carpentersson@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 18:20:09 (EDT)

Comments: No comment at this time.....

  Visitor: Keith Pounds
Reference: 
 Location: Kansas City
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 16:19:44 (EDT)

Comments: I'm happy with both groups. Users is moderated and I think is a bonus. They could leave us on the www with no help, but we get to learn new things daily.

  Visitor: Aliceann Corn
Reference: 
 Location: Rochester, NY
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: Alie7@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 12:52:20 (EDT)

Comments: I like the moderated webtv.user group as you get feedback from the moderator in regards to future stuff. I also like the alternate non-moderated w groups for all other purposes...

  Visitor: Barb
Reference: 
 Location: Melbourne,Fl
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 12:43:55 (EDT)

Comments: I visit both and read both and think both newsgroups have a place. I'm glad BOTH exist. Sometimes the unmoderated turn silly, vulgar or rude but as long as it doesn't get out of hand, I enjoy both. I do not care for chatrooms as far as I've seen which isn't much as I get discouraged about them very quickly. (Too old?) I love to read discussions, differences of opinions and good arguments but a lack of vocabulary displayed in the chatrooms turns me off and I click out very quickly. So really, these two avenues are great. Do you live in Cape Canaveral?

  Visitor: Dale
Reference: 
 Location: Northwestern PA
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 10:20:42 (EDT)

Comments: I love web tv for users. I've learned so much from it. Whenever I've posted,I have recieved really helpful information from people. Web tv users have a real connection with each other. I like many of the other groups. The w.mod is very informative.

  Visitor: Terry
Reference: 
 Location: Indianapolis, IN
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 09:08:45 (EDT)

Comments: #5) I know about the webtv.users newsgroup and the w. hierarchy. Of the two, I post mainly to webtv.users, but I do sometimes post to one or more of the w. groups. #6) The moderated webtv.users newsgroup is a good idea. However, there are far too many posts asking questions without even an attempted answer from the Moderator(s). Too much of the time they are leaving it to our fellow users to answer questions. This may not be such a bad idea, considering that quite often the users seem to know more about what's going on than the WebTV employees. #7) As far as the w. groups go, I couldn't care less if I tried. Let the person that requested the group moderate it if they want to, but I think some people will always want an unmoderated/uncensored forum in which to spout off on any subject that comes to mind. I will say this much: I'm glad that the w. are (supposedly) not being read by the general Usenet population -- most of them have such a low opinion of WebTV and its users already...

  Visitor: D.Sutton
Reference: 
 Location: North Carolina
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 08:26:08 (EDT)

Comments: Q4. About once a week. Q5. Aware of both groups, and have visited/posted in both groups. 6. The moderated group is difficult to follow. Original statements and reponses should be co-located. 7. Unmoderated groups should be just that!

  Visitor: Mandy
Reference: 
 Location: NJ
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: Mandy99@webtv.net
     Date: Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 08:17:51 (EDT)

Comments: I used to like USERS very much. When I first came online in May I practically lived at users. Then things started to go wrong....2 days for a post to show up....blue titles no longer turning pink after I read them....BACK button all of a sudden going to PREVIOUS post instead of to group as it had previously....promises from moderator that they were wkg on the problem. This was mths ago + still have original problem. I don't have any of these problems at any other group but users (and I frequent a lot of ngs.

  Visitor: Matt
Reference: 
 Location: Nevada
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: Themack@webtv.net
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 09, 1997 at 22:19:35 (EDT)

Comments: I don't mind the moderated groups, but I sometimes feel my voice isn't heard!

  Visitor: Sleeping Beauty
Reference: 
 Location: Dalton, Ga
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 09, 1997 at 07:38:44 (EDT)

Comments: Webtv newsgroup does not post your questions and answers. they pick through them and decide which ones they want to post. That is unfair. Sometimes I have a question and I would like an answer. It sould not be their place to decide if it is important or not. It was important to me or I wouldn`t post.

  Visitor: Kay Bosworth
Reference: 
 Location: New Jersey
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:24:07 (EDT)

Comments: I often read the w groups and particularly enjoy n2play. I also read users for information. I do not feel the w groups should be moderated.

  Visitor: Robin of Lox
Reference: 
 Location: 
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: robin-of-lox@webtv.net
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 09, 1997 at 00:46:25 (EDT)

Comments: I was informed in an e-mail about w. I read and/or post in Users and w.arts.a/v daily. I like the w. as they are, but I also like rudiger's mod and if more mod groups happen that's fine w/me. It seems that User's posts arent posted in order even though they say they are. I will post a proposal to mod a group in config when my proposal is ready.

  Visitor: Joe
Reference: 
 Location: New York City
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: whiterabbitt@webtv.net
     Date: Tuesday, Sep 09, 1997 at 00:38:39 (EDT)

Comments: The w.newsgroups should remain unmoderated. They are the best feature of webtv and should be listed under Explore so that all webtv users are at least aware of them.

  Visitor: morefaves
Reference: 
 Location: Brooklyn NY
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: morefaves@webtv.net
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:59:00 (EDT)

Comments: I LOVE the W groups and they should be kept exactly the way they are! If one wants to add some moderated groups, that's fine, but they only should be an addition, not a replacement!!

  Visitor: Misty Daze
Reference: 
 Location: Texas
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:58:31 (EDT)

Comments: I used to read the Users group daily. Have posted there several times. Very informative. Met helpful people. The mods are patient and humorous especially considering the abuse they tolerate. I peruse the unmoderated groups occasionally.I'd have to be some kind of masochist to post there. Most are like a bunch of hateful school kids. Sure has changed my opinion of people. I guess I've given them more credit than they deserve. I can only hope that there is a majority of people that have better things to do in life than spend it in those newsgroups with people so spiteful.

  Visitor: Bozie
Reference: 
 Location: OHIO
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:51:10 (EDT)

Comments: I visit and post in both webtv.users and other w groups enjoy the users moderation.Input by moderators helps especialy if your a newbie and are looking for some secure or assuring advice also the webtv users themselves or a big help. In w groups unsure of how I feel about moderation... They seem to be more entertaing and more chat like...I've never looked a webtv.users that way. It was more factual and problem solving type of group for me.

  Visitor: Bozie
Reference: 
 Location: OHIO
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:41:39 (EDT)

Comments: I visit and post in both webtv.users and other w groups enjoy the users moderation.Input by moderators helps especialy if your a newbie and are looking for some secure or assuring advice also the webtv users themselves or a big help. In w groups unsure of how I feel about moderation... They seem to be more entertaing and more chat like...I've never looked a webtv.users that way. It was more factual and problem solving type of group for me.

  Visitor: Bozie
Reference: 
 Location: Dayton Oh
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: 
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:41:20 (EDT)

Comments: I visit and post in both webtv.users and other w groups enjoy the users moderation.Input by moderators helps especialy if your a newbie and are looking for some secure or assuring advice also the webtv users themselves or a big help. In w groups unsure of how I feel about moderation... They seem to be more entertaing and more chat like...I've never looked a webtv.users that way. It was more factual and problem solving type of group for me.

  Visitor: Morris Wolfman
Reference: 
 Location: Acton, MA 
  WebSite: 
 Web Info: 
  Contact: morrisw
     Date: Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 21:26:26 (EDT)

Comments: I visit both the webtv users group and the w.groups daily. I think the users group has been deteriorating, and find several of the w.groups much more interesting and informative. I don't think they should be moderated.