ON ! ! qut@netcom.com (Skip, OBC) writes: ! ! > ! Jim McCoy wrote: ! > ! > qut@netcom.com (Skip) writes: ! > ! > > My suggestion number #1: ! > ! > > No moderation. ! > ! > ! > ! > Suggestion 1 on how to diminish the feeble S/N ratio on cypherpunks: ! > ! > ! > ! > make it a newsgroup ! > ! > Suggestion 2: ! > ! > make it an unmoderated newsgroup ! > ! ! > ! How about making it a robomoderated newsgroup with only one enforced ! > ! rule, forbidding any crossposting? ! > ! > If moderation, then why not moderator(s) who simply send out cancel ! > messages to everthing that is crossposted? Traditional moderated ! > newsgroups are technically inferior because all posts go through netnews ! > chokepoints and then depends on the moderator(s) who's inevitable ! > position has been the irresponsible one of keeping the position long ! > after they lose interest with the high volumes. Even if their was such ! > a person, there is still are chokepoint problem which is stupid to ! > engage in. ! > ! > In any case, creation of comp.org.cypherpunks in no way means gatewaying ! > or shutting down cypherpunks@toad.com . ! ! How about a NoCeM-moderated newsgroup? ! I.e., several parties can issue 'hide' NoCeM notices for whatever ! material they consider off-topic, including cross-posts. Several ! other parties can issue 'highlight' NoCeM's for articles they ! consider particularly worthy. With the advent of killfiles and all sorts of filtering capabilities, there is no excuse for requiring moderation at all other than for purposes of censorship. ! --- ! ! Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM ! Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps !