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- From: owen@autodesk.com (D. Owen Rowley)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Soc.Motss.* / Automoderation.
- Message-ID: <18199@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:51:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.012442.27914@macc.wisc.edu> <1h0dpbINNfp@smurf.sti.com>
- Sender: news@Autodesk.COM
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- In article <1h0dpbINNfp@smurf.sti.com>, dgreen@smurf.sti.com (Dan R. Greening) writes:
- > [Jess (Anderson), Bob Donahue, Robert Coren, and Paul Asente suggest
- > automoderation to get rid of most anti-gay traffic in soc.motss, limiting to
- > NON cross-posted articles.]
- >
- > Hi there, oldtimers!
-
- Hi Dan :-)
-
- > I proposed an experiment about a year and a half ago, that we create an
- > automoderated "soc.lesbiangay" or something similar. I suggested limiting
- > authors to one post per day then. It went down in flames. My rule was too
- > arbitrary.
-
- I still think limiting the number of posts to one per day is not a good
- idea.
-
- > I love the suggested "no crossposts" rule, and it seems to
- > have almost universal support. It is ingenious for its intended goal.
-
- I agree with this too.
-
- > If you all decide to create a group which has this no-crossposts
- > automoderator, name the group something blatent, like "soc.lesbiangay".
- > The only reason "soc.motss" has attracted casual gay/lesbian readers is
- > because of cross-posts. Soc.motss has an impossibly baroque and closeted
- > name. If you disallow cross-posts, you must create the new group with an
- > obvious name.
-
- yes, definitly. I also think this is important for just the reason Dan
- spells out.
-
- > I suggest it be viewed as an experiment, with some flexibility in
- > determining which rules to apply. There ought to be a ".rejected"
- > group for interested meta-moderators, so they can evaluate what is being
- > rejected. Another advantage of a ".rejected" newsgroup is that no one can
- > claim they are not getting a forum, since some people will read both.
- > Furthermore problems with the moderation rules will be apparent to all.
- > If the "rejected" group ends up getting lots of good articles, readers will
- > quickly complain.
-
- yup .
-
-
- LUX ./. owen
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- D. Owen Rowley {uunet,fernwood,sun}!autodesk!owen
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