Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 18:09:49 12/05/99
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On December 05, 1999 at 18:27:00, Pete Galati wrote: >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, Usenet is same thing EXCEPT there's a little lag, In fact its better. Someone says,"so and so is pedophile" everyone sees it on CCC! This way in Usenet they don't > >Pete
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