Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!garfield!dreacad!dalcs!dartvax!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!arnold From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: mod.all and net.fascism Message-ID: <370@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 13:01:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.370 Posted: Wed Oct 24 13:01:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Oct-84 21:42:29 EDT References: <1612@nsc.UUCP> <379@amdahl.UUCP> <1614@nsc.UUCP> <4034@elsie.UUCP> Organization: Computer Graphics Lab, San Francisco Lines: 41 > With the wonders of modern electronics, USENET editors wouldn't have to send > copies of original articles...just pointers to them... > (or send to interested parties--"subscribers") an article of this ilk: > > 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. > Now THAT makes sense. Isn't this a much nicer solution to the overload problem? This has the following advantages over the "mod.fred + net.fred" system: 1. No reason for duplication of articles. The discussion over "mod." newsgroups has already shown an internal split over whether these groups should include postings from the "net." equivalent or not. This solution, in effect, merges the two, completely obviating the awkwardness of either solution to the problem. 2. No possible cries of censorship. The full discussion is always available to anyone who wishes to look outside of their list(s). 3. Multiple moderatores coexist without conflict. No one has to decide who is going to be THE Moderator for the group, not to mention that no one has to decide who gets to decide which person (or AI project :-}) is going to be the moderator. For example, in net.religion, people who don't want to listen to the fundamentalists could subscribe to one list, and and those who don't like the sceptics could subscribe to another, and those who only want scholarly discussions could subscribe to a third. 4. With list-merging capabilities, a user can listen to more than one moderator. In the above example, someone could listen to both scholarly and fundamentalist discussions. So let's go with it. We have global article ID's -- let's put 'em to work! Ken Arnold