On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Doug Murphy wrote:

weren't created within a day or so. The MASSIVE armada of Fanfics that came 
out as SPAM died shortly were created from a creative atmosphere duplicated 
nowhere else in the world. (WW, I'm bragging about YOUR list, raise your chin, 

I think a lot of publishing companies would want to argue with you on 
this :)

and accept the compliment) In the massive amounts of fics i saw ideas that had 
been discussed in many, many messages. These messages sometimes turned into 
debates, which made some people mad. My point is that the fanfics weren't 
being pumped out by anti-SPAM crazy nutheads. A lot of them were being written 

Perhaps because they've all been driven away from the list? 

Fanfiction is the military. SPAM is the tank factories. Some people hate the 
factories because of the pollution. In response the government shuts most 
factories down. The military is as mighty as ever, despite the change... But 
for how long?

I hate to break it to you, but creativity existed before Spam and will 
endure after its demise.  

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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