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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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Subject: Re: Yet another thing smart feeders can do
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Date: 19 Oct 89 20:13:22 GMT
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I see nothing about Brad's idea for extension of the moderated newsgroup
concept that cannot already be done today.  What is the point of
devolving moderation duties onto a gaggle of well connected sites (which
must then be kept up to date) instead of doing it on the moderator's
host.  If the moderator's host has problematic connectivity then someone
else should moderate.  If someone wants to write moderation scripts or
programs that are driven off shit-lists or love-lists, they could do so
now; you just process the incoming mail accordingly.  If moderated
groups aren't working as well now as some would like, then the
discontented folks should either write new tools to help moderators out,
or take over moderation duties themselves.
-- 
"Of course, this is a, this is a Hunt, you   |  Tom Neff
will -- that will uncover a lot of things.   |  tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET
You open that scab, there's a hell of a lot
of things... This involves these Cubans, Hunt, and a lot of hanky-panky
that we have nothing to do with ourselves." -- RN 6/23/72