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From: ccplumb@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Colin Plumb)
Subject: Re: What is a moderator?
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.115651.26052@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 11:56:51 GMT
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cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) wrote:
>
>You missed the point of the criticisms. Vandalizing aside, what most
>critics had to say about comp.dcom.telecom was that operating a newsgroup
>is a rare privilege,

Privilege is, I submit, not an apropriate word.  Moderating a busy newsgroup
is a lot of work, the pay is lousy, and so are the holidays.  *I* certainly
wouldn't want the job.

Anyone who can keep news flowing though a moderated newsgroup for a few
months has my greatest respect.  To those who aspire to the power, I
say, please try.  I don't believe there's any surplus of competent
moderators on the net.

If you want your own newsgroup to play with, just find enough material
to get a few discussions rolling, create alt.foo.bar with yourself as
moderator, and post an announcement to related groups elsewhere.
Then cope with about three dozen mail messages asking if you can
set up a parallel mailing list, as their sites don't get alt.*.

Congratulations; you now have the opportunity to earn the respect of the
net.
-- 
	-Colin