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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