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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism
Message-ID: <4034@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 19:41:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 19:41:24 1984
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Perhaps it's time to reinvent the wheel.

Readers' Digest has spent years making money off people who feel they don't
have time to read everything.  They do it by selecting and digesting articles
from sundry places.  It's the selection process that might be useful here.

With the wonders of modern electronics, USENET editors wouldn't have to send
copies of original articles...just pointers to them.  I, for example, could post
(or send to interested parties--"subscribers") an article of this ilk:

	Here's my list of worthwhile articles in "net.plumbing":
		<30102@firesign.UUCP>
		<101@dalmations.UUCP>
		.
		.
		.

Those folks who chose to take my advise could then read the articles in the
list for the relevant news group, skipping others.  Hooks could be put into
news software to aid folks with lists of articles they wanted to see.

Such an approach might both obviate the need for moderated news groups and,
at the same time, give everyone the chance to do their own moderation.
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