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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.flame
Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 11:24:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 11:24:02 1984
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>I don't see how mod.motss hurts you as long as net.motss exists.

I think this says it all... freedom of speech is not impaired as long as
there is an equivalent, non-moderated group.  One can even respond to
articles in the moderated group in the non-moderated group (though they will
probably not be published in both, to save space).  Remember, the mod groups
are no more/less prestigous ( :-) ? ) than the net groups... I think that it
has rightly been pointed out that some of the groups tend to drift off of
the subject they were created for, and that this will allow both "pure" and
"side" issues to prosper.  For instance, a lot of net.movies has become
movie trivia, and upcoming movie news, etc. (all of which I enjoy).  But
many people want to just read movie reviews... mod.movies will allow this.
Looking over the list of moderators, I'm struck that these are people whose
articles show a fairly even-handed attitude (i.e. low-or-no occurences of
frothing at the mouth); while I'd like to see how it works, I believe this
to be a good solution to the "net anarchy vs. irrelevant posting" problem.
I'd have to say I'm VERY much for it (especially as one who often posts what
could be considered "silly" articles).

Net.facism?  Nah... that word is used too much.  At the very worst, perhaps,
net.elitism :-)...   I suggest net.specialization!

            "She's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead."

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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