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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: restructuring and idea for group coordinators
Message-ID: <2846@alice.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 06:20:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 06:20:28 1984
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Moderators for each group is a no-no.  It ruins the whole
purpose of USENET as a bulletin board.  If you want moderators,
go to the ARPAnet.  We can have moderated groups, like net.announce
and mod.ber, but only by special name.  The software cannot
currently support other moderated groups.

As for renaming, people seem to be deaf to the proven problems.
Renaming creates confusion; period.  When the First Great
Apocalypse occurred, there was over two months lead time for
people to get ready.  Didn't seem to help a bit.  No matter
how much time you give, you're in for it.

The way to do this, as I said before, is to put in the hooks
for organization (e.g. create net.sci and/or net.cs) and when
new groups are created, put them under the hooks.  The net will
slowly and smoothly become organized over the years (yes,
years, don't groan; it didn't become chaos overnight, and
it's not going to be fixed overnight) as the new groups
are put in their place and the old ones die out.

Adam