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From: rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: REC.ARTS.CINEMA -- drawing the discussion to a close?
Message-ID: <11034@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 17 Jan 90 14:21:21 GMT
Organization: Lone Star Cafe
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In article <10464@saturn.ADS.COM> xanthian@saturn.ADS.COM (Metafont Consultant Account) writes:
>Better - set it up as moderated, run it for four or five months, and
>gauge both the quality of the resulting group, and the number of
>screaming flames posted in rec.arts.movies wrapped around postings
>rejected by the rec.arts.cinema moderator.  If the latter is either a
>null set, or from the class of known uncontrolled flaming addicts
>whom moderation was designed to exclude, smile softly and enjoy your
>success and good fortune.

Gee, K*nt, I can't tell you how much admire your frankness and 
honesty in admitting that unrestricted access to the proposed 
newsgroup might prove such a temptation for you.  I'm quite im-
pressed -- you have really come a long ways since that day last
June when you posted 87 flames in the space of two eight-hour 
periods.  Or for that matter, since that weekend a few months 
ago when you felt compelled to scatter those Bandwidth Wasters 
Hall of Shame things all over the entire network.

I think you will agree, however, that it would be better if we
worried about this if and when it becomes a serious problem.