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Subject: Re: rec.games.chess.moderated

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 13:11:32 12/05/99

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On December 05, 1999 at 16:06:40, Pete Galati wrote:

>On December 05, 1999 at 12:27:05, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On December 05, 1999 at 11:19:00, Pete Galati wrote:
>>
>>>On December 05, 1999 at 09:17:25, Lonnie Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>>To all,
>>>>How come this option never took off? I like it better as a newsgroup as opposed
>>>>to a website imitating one. Its better for viewing visually,posts fasster etc,
>>>>
>>>>We could have the current moderators monitor it?
>>>
>>>That's not how usenet groups work, you post a measage and it ends up on
>>>everybodies news server.  A moderator isn't needed for usenet anyhow, it is >what it is.
>>
>>Moderation is certainly possible for usenet newsgroups, a large number
>>of newsgroups are moderated already. It works by first sending the 'posted'
>>messages to the moderators, and only if it is approved it will get 'sent
>>around'.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>This sounds very inconvenient, I find that they tend to self moderate according
>to the general standards of the average users.  I would not use a usenet group
>that works the way you describe.
>
>Pete

If the kind of self-moderation you describe works, then why are we here ?

BTW. The usenet moderation system if fully automatic, as everything is handled
by the newsservers. The only thing you notice as a user is that your article
doesn't show up immediately.

--
GCP



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