From: utzoo!decvax!vortex!lauren Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Moderated newsgroups Article-I.D.: vortex.28 Posted: Sun Feb 27 16:18:15 1983 Received: Mon Feb 28 01:04:56 1983 Well gang, I think we're now looking at one of the strongest arguments for a few "moderated" newsgroups -- I'm referring to the CAR RT SORT problem, of course. C'mon! People don't keep posting "duplicate" replies just for fun. They post them since network latency can result in long gaps between seeing the original question and ever seeing *any* of the responses. It isn't natural for someone reading a newsgroup like net.misc to see a question (that they can answer) and then sit for 48 to 72 hours before answering, just in case someone else has already handled the question. People just reply immediately, unaware that other identical answers are already queued all over the net! Moderation of certain newsgroups could greatly help to even out the situation by reducing the significance of the net latency. The moderator would be responsible for making sure that only one answer, or a representative set of answers, would be globally distributed. It isn't censorship to avoid wasting people's time and computer resources on endless repeats of the same information. --Lauren--