Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:27:00 12/05/99
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On December 05, 1999 at 16:11:32, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >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 I prefer to try to control what I post and have it show up right away like at this forum, then if I'm out of line a moderator can speak up and tell me to control myself or he can delete my post (and the moderators allways have my permission to delete my posts) but having someone else read and approve or disapprove my posts before they show up (is that what you mean?) that idea isn't acceptable to me. Pete
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