Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: more signal, less noise Message-ID: <2003@phri.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 11:51:55 EST Article-I.D.: phri.2003 Posted: Sun Nov 3 11:51:55 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 04:46:59 EST References: <3500015@ccvaxa> <3500016@ccvaxa> Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 26 > The turnaround time on Usenet is just too horrible to support discussion > in a moderated group. A response to a posting can take four days to work > upstream to the moderator [...] Mail is generally much faster than news. With optimized mail paths (now a reality because of pathalias) your message to the moderator will probably get there inside of a day. Even if you just invert the news "Path:" line, it won't be long before you reach a site that does path optimization for you. If you are really worried about speed, convince your SA to put your site on the backbone. If what you are saying is important enough, it will stand the test of time. If your message is so pointless as to become worthless if it gets delayed for a day or two, why bother posting it at all? > A non-moderated group starts showing responses as the original posting > spreads (sometimes [...] before the original posting). I think that > immediacy is an important part of the nature of the livelier groups. And an important part of the confusion and drivel. If an extra day's delay will keep things in chronological order, and filter out a lot of the reflex responses and other trash at the same time, it's worth it. -- Roy SmithSystem Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016