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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: A modest proposal
Message-ID: <851@burl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 00:05:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 00:05:56 1985
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Summary: 

(I resisted the 'F' key on rn; aren't you proud of me!!)

I see only one major problem with your idea of a monitor for each newsgroup:
It is easy to weed out multiple redundant postings of answers to questions
in, say, net.unix-wizards or net.puzzle.  It is NOT easy to weed out what
is 'good' and what is total trash from the rest of the groups.  Unfortunately
(someone correct me if I am wrong) the massive loads tend to come in newsgroups
like politics, flame, jokes, bizarre, etc. that are not easy to moderate
(spelled w-e-e-d--o-u-t).

You might get some volume reduction just from the fact that people know
they are going through a moderator -- perhaps more trimming of quoted material
and less ranting and raving; but I think that this would be too small of
a stopgap measure to be worth the trouble it would cause.

Sorry to be so negative; I'm at a loss, too.
-- 

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