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From: karen@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino)
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Subject: Re: Volunteer for rec.arts.movies.serious moderator/editor
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Date: 2 Jan 90 18:44:43 GMT
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rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro) writes:

>Apparently there are some strong feelings that moderated groups are a
>bad idea unless the group is "technical" (I know of two people who
>will vote 'no' for that reason alone). [Rest of paragraph deleted.]

>I'm not wedded to the idea of having this group moderated. It's an
>idea that makes sense to me right now, but I'm happy to listen to
>counter-arguments and change my mind if appropriate.

I strongly urge that rec.cinema (or whatever name comes to pass; this
one is my favorite) be moderated, if we're aiming for the kind of
quality discussions that have been talked about.  Otherwise, I predict
that there are going to be arguments and flamefests and lots of energy
expended complaining about inappropriate postings. 

There are appropriate forums for arguments and flamefests, but I don't 
think that rec.cinema needs to have that kind of colorful-discussion-
sliding-into-libel.  The thought of having current release noises 
replaced by arguments over the group content seems like a pretty 
fruitless and distasteful exercise to me.  I get my fill of verbal 
attack in news.groups.

Karen

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