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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg "Bucket" Woods)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: moderated newsgroups created
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Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 15:36:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 15:36:58 1984
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  One thing I'd like to say about moderated newsgroups; I'll make it short 
and sweet. This has been stated elsewhere, but since this is the official
place for discussion about the moderated groups themselves (as opposed to
the *contents* of said groups), I want to repeat it here.
  I think that in order for moderated groups to serve the purpose for which
they were intended, appropriate articles from the associated net.* group
will have to be included. For example, I cannot safely unsubscribe from
net.singles, even if I read mod.singles and completely trust Chuqui's
judgement, because I am not guaranteed to catch all the interesting
singles discussions in mod.singles . Thus, I still have to wade through
net.singles and wear out my 'n' key to avoid missing something interesting.
  The problem with this idea is obvious: it's a hell of a lot more work
for the moderator. But without it, I don't think mod.* groups that have a
corresponding net.* group are going to serve any useful purpose. The idea
behind these groups was to make it possible for me to *avoid* wading
through the net.* group. The way it has gone so far, I do not feel confident
that I can unsubscribe to the net.* group, through no fault of the moderators.
Perhaps we could reduce the increased moderating burden that this would create
by having people take turns serving as moderator? I for one wouldn't mind 
taking my turn moderating a newsgroup that I read regularly.

--Greg
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