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From: mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: monopolizing net.singles
Message-ID: <363@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 16:56:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 16:56:14 1985
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From: fluke!cassidy@uw-beaver (Rion Cassidy)
>[complains about number of articles from Chris Anderson.]
>Am I out of line? Am I being unreasonable in asking someone to not respond to
>every other article that gets posted?  

Yes.  The theory on the net seems to be that anyone is allowed to post
(almost) anything, and those who don't like it can:
	-hit 'n' a lot
	-ignore articles from certain contributors
	-unsubscribe
	-etc

There is no quota system, nor should there be.  It could just be that someone
who posts a lot of articles just has a lot to say that is valid.  He may also
just be BSing.  But it's up to the reader (or the poster's site administrator,
in some cases) to decide.

>If we don't use a little discretion,
>they'll start moderating this newsgroup and no one will be able to post
>anything freely.

They tried moderating this group.  There was very little traffic on
mod.singles and they finally removed it.  But they never tried to remove
net.singles "because there's a mod group".

							-Dragon
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