From: Brian Osman Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated? Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 21:15:18 -0500 Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Lines: 45 Message-ID: <331E28B6.5C4F@rpi.edu> References: Reply-To: osmanb AT rpi DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Host: darkwing.stu.rpi.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Cristovao Braga wrote: > > While reading all the messages about moderation, something sprung to my > mind. Does the undesired mail mostly come from Usenet or is there an even > balance between it and the mailing list? > > I think people in the mailing list are less-likely to post undesirable mail > since we get our mailboxes full and it takes a while to read through so > many messages. If indeed those posts come mostly from Usenet, I'd favour > stopping the gateway between the two. > > Has anyone got more information? > > Regards, > > Cristovao Braga > cbraga AT datasoft DOT com DOT br I think the gateway is one of the strongest points here. Breaking it would simply cause lots of people to subscribe to BOTH the group and list. That's silly. I make a conscious effort to keep the Usenet, and therefore list, traffic low by only posting things to the group (like this) which I feel other people will benfit from. Other than that I reply via e-mail. It makes the recipient's life easier (when they're asking questions) and keeps less pertinent information out of the newsgroup. If more people would stick to this ideal, this discussion probably wouldn't be necessary. Nonetheless, I feel that with the current situation, retro-moderation is a good idea. Many people have expressed concern about "borderline" posts where the decision would not necessarily be clear. If, in those cases, the RMs simply try to err on the side of caution (leaving the posts up) then we have NOTHING to lose. Allow certain people the privelege to kill posts which are clearly off-topic, and if people decide that certain threads on the border should go as well, then those people appointed as RMs can get a feel for how to refine their "unposting" practices. Just some thoughts... Brian