Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:29:22 11/19/02
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On November 19, 2002 at 03:51:25, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On November 18, 2002 at 22:52:36, Will Singleton wrote: > >>In an effort to reduce noise (ie, floods of idiotic messages), and to encourage >>literate and/or salient messages, I propose we do a CCC poll. Remember those? >>Each regular poster (one who has posted a message in the last 14 days) is >>listed, along with a choice. Choices are 1) Top-notch, 2) Good, 3) OK, 4) >>marginal, and 5) say what? After each 14-day period, the rankings are listed. >>This would enable members to more efficiently use the board. It might also have >>the desirable effect of discouraging those folks who continue to post junk to >>desist, while encouraging more relevant and enlightened discussion. > >Hmm... who really cares what the majority thinks about message or poster >quality? If we assume that the majority of members are pinheads, then we would >be encouraging that kind of messages. Assuming that pinheads can unite and agree >on something. > >I would prefer a more aesthetic approach. Everyone that refuse to apply >capitalization and/or punctuation should be banned. I would also ban those that >include member names in the subject. Not to mention the folks incapable of even >nominal spelling skills. I think the list can be expanded until the point where >only the good guys are left. > >Regards, >Mogens As long as you give special consideration to Martin Fierz, who is capitalization-challenged but has great posts. ;-)
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