Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 14:22:13 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. What he means you post it to the newsgroup THEN it goes to the moderator and he then approves it and then it gets posted publicly. I just don't like the way that this board is laid, its slow, the posts in a subject matter do NOT collapse and u have to keep "Click to get to next gropu of messages" its just a hassle and from what I've seen, most don't feel like "clicking" and then your new post gets buried under a few html pages, 'Outta sight, outta mind" > >Pete
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