Re: mail relays
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.COM)
Thu, 25 Oct 90 17:51:15 PDT
It's worth noting though, that even though some of us did push hard
for moderated groups, we were never able to really get them accepted
the way one might have hoped. There would always be the kicking and
screaming and totally inaccurate "censorship" cries. I'd find myself
spending hours writing messages to try to explain why moderation
was important and why this wasn't censorship, etc. I finally got
tired of fighting that fight. Sure, there are some moderated groups,
but without lots more of them, attracting readers who don't read the
unmoderated versions (when they exist) their utility will remain
limited. But I still think they can help a lot.
As for the return to mailing lists... you're right of course. But
it's a sad commentary that we need to rely on "limited membership",
virtually "hidden" mailing lists to keep things under control. Take
this list for example. If it were an unmoderated newsgroup instead
of a limited list, I think we all know what kind of shape it would
probably be in by now...
--Lauren--
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