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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,news.groups
- Subject: Re: Comp.binaries.apple2 moderation: why not?
- Message-ID: <9vgm8dc.payner@netcom.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 14:26:16 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.131149.2441@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <n2fmp7c.payner@netcom.com> <1992Jul23.073857.1784@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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- In article <1992Jul23.073857.1784@klaava.Helsinki.FI> cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand) writes:
- >In article <n2fmp7c.payner@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
-
- [...]
-
- >>>> 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?
-
- Try reading the .d group. It was really rather amusing.
-
- >>
- >>>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.
-
- Did not recognise your sig at first, but now I do.
-
- >2) What the hell is a lurker?
-
- A lurker is someone who reads a group, but does not post.
-
- >3) What (inappropriate) questions have I asked?
-
- As the proposal is to -add- moderation, the appropriate thing to do
- is give reasons for moderation. Asking "why not" completely misses the
- target. And even if there were no good reasons why not, that would not
- be a reason for moderation.
-
- >>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'.
-
- Great. More than that, from a post I read yesterday, you seem to be
- a backup (whatrever) moderator. Although I think that having some
- fimiliarity with posting and it's problems would be essential for
- a moderator of the binaries group.
-
- >Finally, loosen up. Don't turn this into personal attacks. Nobody is
- >trying to destroy c.b.a2.
-
- OK, sorry. Mid-terms have left me a bit tense.
-
- >--
- >-Tero Sand
-
- Rich
-
- payner@netcom.com
-