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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
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Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 16:18:53 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  7 16:18:53 1987
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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