paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
It is too late to stop alt.cypherpunks, but if I had to make a prediction again, I would predict that soon posters will BEG to help them create comp.*.cypherpunks, because of spam and alt.flamage.
Timmy has a valid point: the reason why a comp.* newsgroup might have less cross-posted and "off-topic" crap is because net.cops would be more likely to complain to posters' sysadmins. Having a charter state that cypherpunks have technical means to ignore traffic they don't like, and don't need anyone forging cancels or complaining to sysadmins or otherwise getting silenced, is a good idea.
I don`t believe for one moment that, however well intentioned such a move would be, it would work. The most notorious net.cops who thoroughly deserve the (spit) after their name would take little notice of such a charter and take it upon themselved to "act in the best interests of the usenet community"
That is not necessarily true. I asked Chris Lewis to not cancel any articles in soc.culture.russian.moderated (of which I am one of moderators) and it did not cause any problem. I was very pleased by his reaction. - Igor.