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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,alt.config
Subject: Re: moderation of alt.sources vs. automated harangues
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Date: 23 Oct 89 13:46:08 GMT
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Name changes, moderation etc. are all solutions hunting for a problem.
If the group were moderated, an unmoderated alternative would be started
and THAT group would experience problems with non-source postings.  If
the name were changed, people would still post requests for reposts and
"does anyone have X" to it.  Only education will solve the problem.
-- 
Hey, where'd the Colombian Coffee ads go all of   %8  Tom Neff
a sudden!  Is Juan Valdez hiding in Panama?       8%  tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET