Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 18:12:33 12/05/99
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On December 05, 1999 at 21:09:49, Lonnie Cook wrote: >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 >> In fact the pages load really slow and its irritating. ICD is generous in doing this but I bet the ranch their's software for html posting that allows collapsed threads and such to a much finer degree that what we now have here. i am gonna look for some in fact and suggest it to them, it'll look more organized and be more visually appealing >>Pete
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