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From: fraserr@byzantine.UUCP (Ross Fraser)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Withdrawal symptoms...
Summary: comp.binaries.pc needs to be moderated
Keywords: no moderator
Message-ID: <4880a153.144c9@byzantine.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 90 14:47:46 GMT
References: <22685@usc.edu> <1990Feb6.191414.13982@eng.umd.edu>
Organization: AG Communication Systems
Lines: 18

In article <22685@usc.edu> kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson N8DGN) writes:
>May I suggest that we un-moderate c.b.i.p?  There is no reason that I
>can think of why this wouldn't work.  We can post instructions on how to
>post programs, including shell scripts even.  We can heckle people who
>carry on discussions there.  

Wrong!   Heckling only leads to MORE discussion, not less. Look at alt.sex as
an example. Flame wars almost ruined it.

Also, without a moderator, there would be a greater risk of spreading viruses
across the network. Let's wait and see if the Powers That Be can resolve this
thing be for creating a nightmare.

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