Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ulysses!andys From: andys@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Andy Sherman) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Response Message-ID: <11664@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 14 Jun 89 13:16:07 GMT References: <41197@bbn.COM> <12113@well.UUCP> <41207@bbn.COM> <632@biar.UUCP> <3305@epimass.EPI.COM> <2727@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <14397@bfmny0.UUCP> Sender: netnews@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com Reply-To: andys@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Andy Sherman) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill, NJ Lines: 16 In-reply-to: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) In article <14397@bfmny0.UUCP>, tneff@bfmny0 (Tom Neff) writes: > [Editing committed here] >................ I suspect what would get edited >is stuff like "Can anyone help me, my inodes are going away." By all >means let's not waste time actually *helping* each other... let's just >cut straight to the good stuff someone ELSE is posting. Actually, the problem with postings like "Can anyone help me, my inodes are going away" is that a *lot* of people hit the F key when they see it. A good editor could summarize 20 identical responses in one short article. That does not preclude people helping each other. -- Andy Sherman/AT&T Bell Laboratories/Murray Hill, NJ *NEW ADDRESS* AUDIBLE: (201) 582-5928 *NEW PHONE* READABLE: andys@ulysses.ATT.COM or att!ulysses!andys *NEW EMAIL* The views and opinions are my own. Who else would want them? *OLD DISCLAIMER*