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- From: cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,news.groups
- Subject: Re: Comp.binaries.apple2 moderation: why not?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.073857.1784@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 07:38:57 GMT
- References: <+ybm-y+.payner@netcom.com> <1992Jul21.131149.2441@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <n2fmp7c.payner@netcom.com>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- In article <n2fmp7c.payner@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >No, -I- do think that this is the wrong way around. Read a bit more carefully
- >please. The proposal is to change cb2a, so this proposal should be supported.
- >That you missed humdreds of posts in cs2a on this topic shows your lack of
- >involvment. Which brings to mind my question, what do you care? And why?
- >
-
- I didn't miss hundreds of posts. I just told you I spent over a half an
- hour searching articles for reasons 'why not', and found only 2. I found
- plenty of articles where the poster was against, but that wasn't an
- issue. The issue was _reasons_.
-
- I stated later why I care, so so much for that.
-
- >>> Are there any compelling
- >>>reasons -to- moderate. None have yet been posted. All the plusses have been
- >>>basically that it will prevent a few annoyances.
- >>>
- >>
- >>It depends on what you mean by compelling. Life-threatening? Definitely
- >>not. However, without any valid reasons for not moderating, why
- >>shouldn't we prevent those 'few annoyances'?
- >
- >Because the cost of the solution could be very great. Moderation has
- >made the ms-dos binaries group an absolute joke. The MS-DOS world is
- >doing great, and can survive without a working binaries group. Apple
- >itself has stopped supporting the Apple//, and there is a need for a
- >working binaries group.
-
- What makes you sure it's moderation that has destroyed the MS-DOS
- binaries group?
-
- >
- >>The two reasons why I'll be voting YES _unless_ a _valid_ no reason crops up
- >>are descriptive headers and uncorrupted archives. There are others, but
- >>they don't mean much to me.
- >
- >Again, what do you care? You are neither a poster or a lurker in the apple2
- >groups, or you would not have to ask questions like you do above. Vote as
-
- 1) I do post - messages. I haven't posted binaries - yet.
- 2) What the hell is a lurker?
- 3) What (inappropriate) questions have I asked?
-
- >you wish, but I cannot see why you would vote at all. Do you even have an
- >Apple //? The vote would not affect you at all unless you do. But your
- >vote could have a negative impact upon the actual users of the groups.
- >Not that you seem to care.
-
- Good Christ. First of all, I have an Apple IIgs. Secondly, I download
- lots of stuff, so I _do_ have an interest. Meaning also, I am an 'actual
- user'.
- Finally, loosen up. Don't turn this into personal attacks. Nobody is
- trying to destroy c.b.a2.
-
-
- --
- -Tero Sand
- EMail: cust_ts@cc.helsinki.fi Snail mail: Auroran Sairaala os. 6-1
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- cust_ts@kruuna.helsinki.fi) 00250 Helsinki 25, Finland
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