Censorship through neglect? Of the nearly 20,000 USENET groups, why
has Readers Digest LookSmart targeted only 180 or so to 'review'? It
does appear in line with their apparent policy of only serving the
American community as an advertising resource. Pity the users who
believe that Readers Digest LookSmart is, a WWW search engine. A
perceptive visitor may wonder why, for example, of approximately
700,000 Australian Web pages available, Readers Digest LookSmart,
only has 30 (The Melbourne Age 26 Nov 96) .
If Readers Digest LookSmart wants to be an advertising tool, that is
clearly within their right. However, shouldn't they TELL their users
that only (or primarily) American companies are posted on their sites.
Shouldn't they SAY that they only review 180 out of 20,000 newsgroups?
To find more and to see the USENET groups Readers Digest LookSmart
selected, visit
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
And what is more, only 40% of the postings are clearly from Readers
Digest LookSmart personnel, whose USENET profiles are outlined below.
We encourage you to let Readers Digest LookSmart advertisers know that
the web is the WORLD Wide Web and that unstated restrictive policies
that may mislead new and uninformed users are not acceptable to the
international web community.
The following is public information available through DejaNews:
47 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/14.
0 % of these articles were followups.
27 articles posted between 1996/06/20 and 1996/11/15.
7 % of these articles were followups.
36 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/29.
27 % of these articles were followups. by cross-postings):
7 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/13.
0 % of these articles were followups.
38 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/14.
0 % of these articles were followups.
3 articles posted between 1996/11/15 and 1996/11/15.
0 % of these articles were followups.
9 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/14.
0 % of these articles were followups.
AUTHOR PROFILE: pete
9 articles posted between 1996/11/13 and 1996/11/14.
0 % of these articles were followups.
5 articles posted between 1996/11/12 and 1996/11/14.
20 % of these articles were followups.
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