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Such coalitions can be useful both for people who have never met (broadening a circle of friendships), and for those who have (locating someone four doors down the hall from you who is working on a project that you didn't know about).
Further, since one of Yenta's main functions is to build coalitions amongst users, and since users will use almost any existing technology to talk to each other (whether the underlying technology is designed to support it or not), it seems a good idea for Yenta to support direct communication amongst members of a coalition.
Lenny Foner Last modified: Tue Dec 13 21:51:21 1994