Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.flame Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism Message-ID: <1472@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 11:24:02 EDT Article-I.D.: vax2.1472 Posted: Wed Oct 17 11:24:02 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:54:34 EDT References: <3886@decwrl.UUCP> <1574@nsc.UUCP> <200@bragvax.UUCP> <371@amdahl.UUCP> <429@amd.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 31 >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 One can even respond to articles in the moderated group in the non-moderated group (though they will probably not be published in both, to save space).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. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA