ALT.SF4M

FAQ: alt.sf4m, 09 January 1996
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This is the FAQ for alt.sf4m, last updated 09 January 1996

1)  WHAT IS alt.sf4m

    alt.sf4m is a newsgroup which is about the Stony Brook Science Fiction

    Forum and the university community it serves, and about science fiction

    and science fiction fandom.

2)  SO, THIS ISN'T A SEX GROUP?

    The Distinguished Gentleman from Nebraska notwithstanding, there's not

    a whole lot of pornography all over the Net.  There certainly isn't

    any here.  Please refrain from posting sexual wants and desires unless

    they somehow relate to the Science Fiction Forum and/or science fiction.

3)  WHAT IS THE SCIENCE FICTION FORUM?

    Founded in 1969, the Science Fiction Forum (abbrieviated as sf4m) is

    a lending library and general discussion organization located at

    the State university of NY at Stony Brook on Long Island, NY.  Forum

    membership is open to all interested parties, whether or not they're

    connected with the University in any formal way; the sf4m's mission

    is to serve the university and the university community.  However, the

    university community is fairly loosely defined; we have active

    Forumites worldwide.  For more information, check the Forum's home

    page at http://www.sf4m.org

4)  WHO CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE FORUM

    Almost anyone who shows up at meetings can be a member, check out books

    and participate.  University rules require that officers be students,

    but beyond that, we're pretty cool.

5)  WHY DO PEOPLE POST SEXUAL MESSAGES TO alt.sf4m, instead of some place

    like alt.sex.wanted

    Check your dictionary under "clueless" (late breaking news suggests

    that AOL users have been using "sf4m" as an abbreviation for "single

    female for male," but since alt.sf4m predates AOL's access to net.news

    and nobody else on the net uses it, we can leave them to their usage,

    so long as they don't spam us)

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