Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!ritcv!tropix!mjl From: mjl@tropix.UUCP (Mike Lutz) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc,news.groups,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: The Requested Presentation of Quota Based News Control Message-ID: <277@tropix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 16:18:53 EDT Article-I.D.: tropix.277 Posted: Tue Jul 7 16:18:53 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jul-87 06:59:16 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <8225@utzoo.UUCP> <272@brandx.rutgers.edu> <153@tmsoft.UUCP> <285@klinzhai.rutgers.edu> Reply-To: mjl@tropix.UUCP (Mike Lutz) Organization: GCA/Tropel Div. Rochester, NY 14450 Lines: 19 Xref: mnetor news.admin:646 news.misc:718 news.groups:1196 news.sysadmin:286 WEBBERnews, with quotas, controls volume by artificial constriction of the transmission path. There is no attempt to discriminate between gold and dross. Veteran flamers can simply fire off volley after volley of identical articles so as to increase the probability that their "contributions" will make it through. Moderated groups control volume by discrimination. The quality in these groups is orders of magnitude above that in the unmoderated ones; an advantage which, as a *reader*, I appreciate. A note on reference works: will someone please give BOB a dictionary, so that he can improve his spelling (recieves), his grammar (especially agreement in number), and his vocabulary (eminent != imminent)? Maybe he'll become engrossed in the study of English and leave the rest of us in peace? A vote for C news, and a vote against WEBBERnews. Mike Lutz GCA/Tropel tropix!mjl