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- From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
- Subject: Re: moderated vs. unmoderated: a modest proposal
- Message-ID: <C1I1vM.8DH@world.std.com>
- Keywords: Kibo is nifty.
- Organization: Two rooms filled with typography, in downtown Boston
- References: <1993Jan23.081329.715@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu>
- Distribution: world,kibo
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:26:09 GMT
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- [comp.os.vms]
- In article <1993Jan23.081329.715@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu> lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu writes:
- >So how do you get the VAX-neophytes to read the FAQ before posting? How about
- >a "filtered" newsgroup, rather than moderated? The idea is to make the
- >"moderator" a simple automaton, that does the following:
- >
- > o It checks posts for a simple keyword, perhaps in the
- > message header, perhaps in the sig. [...]
- > o If the keyword is present, the message is acknowledged and posted
- > (or "approved" in netnews-speak).
- >
- >The proposal above is serious, but for fun you could make the keyword
- >"Kibo" :-)
-
- Yes, but then it would pass anything I post, and you'd have
- alt.religion.kibology zonies bozing it up over in comp.*, and
- so I'll have to predict the Imminent Death of The Net.
-
- -- K.
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